impression it leaves is that Sir C. Clementi,
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under pressure from Chat, finally went a
good deal further than he originally intended, and I am almost forced to suspect that he is now
trying to cover himself by saying that that was what he meant all along.
The upshot of this correspondence is
not very clear although it seems that no action will be taken for the moment and a full explanation is apparently being sent by the Govr. in a despatch of April 14th which we shall not receive for
To avoid any
another fortnight or three weeks.
possibility of misunderstanding, however, I think
it would be safest to telegraph explaining that the S. of S. did not intend to approve the appointment
of an agent by the Cantonese authorities with any sort of control over the telegraph office,
submit a aft ecegly.
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