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for the Tsinanfu outrage last year, are hiding in
disguise in this Colony. I am endeavouring to verify this rumour; and, if they are found here,
I shall at once eject them both.
6. Chinese business with Canton has had a
sudden setback, and I fear that several months of
anxiety and even danger may be in store for this
Colony.
7. I received with the greatest surprise
your telegram, dated 25th March, from which I
understand that the proposal to return the British
share of the Boxer Indemnity funds to the Nanking
Government is still being actively pursued by
His Majesty's Government, and that instructions have been issued to His Majesty's Minister at
Peking on the subject. These instructions have
not yet reached me; but I cannot think that, at a
time when the Nanking group of the Nationalist Party is again engaged in civil war, His Majesty's Government would make any grant from these funds
to any Chinese regional Government. Funds of
any kind now placed at the disposal of the Nanking
Government would, of course, undoubtedly be used
for purposes of civil war.
8.
The Chinese characters for the names in
this despatch are given on a separate sheet.
I have the honour to be,
لله
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
Governor, &c.