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H.M.S. Cicala following behind him these men slunk
away and that there was no firing.
4.
The foregoing circumstances were reported
to me by Mr. Southorn on the 17th May. On that day
I also received from the Hong Kong, Canton and Macau
Enclo. No. 1 Steamboat Company the letter of which I attach a co
Foclo. No. 2.
and from Mr. Brenan a copy of his telegram to the
Foreign Office No.34 of the 16th May I thereupon
必 at once wrote to Mr. Brenan the letter of which I
-attach a copy, stating that I desired to support to
the utmost his prompt demand for an apology, for
punishment of the offenders and for the immediate
cessation of such lawless and hostile actions.
5.
On the evening of the same day I received a copy of Mr. Brenan's telegram to the Foreign Office No. 35 of the 17th May in which he said that the following demands were being communicated by him in writing to the Canton Ministry for Foreign Affairs,
viz:-
(a) Adequate punishment of the officer in charge of the guilty troops and any other persons implicated in the outrage: names and punishments to be notified 2 to the Consul-General:
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(b) Compensation for damage (which is slight): (c) the commander of the Whampoa forts to call in person and in uniform on a British man-of-war to
apologize.
Mr. Brenan suggested that he should be authorized to give a time-limit of five days for compliance, failing Thich the retaliatory measures contemplated in Admiral- ty telegram No. 812 of the 11th May should be taken. He added that it would expedite a settlement if the
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