have for London Jo
30th
see you before routing
on 4 Oct.
Dear Gent-
26.9.29.
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I rially have had no time to give more than the "superficial once-over" to thei mui Tai papers: have marked down nothing serious.
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The whole general effect however is inter- exting: thi Colony as a wholl _ Official and Пресаванд the officials Chinese _ have a clearly Ex. preved opinion that one must go slow for fear of doing harm. The incentive to immediate action springs from some vague Source - a Lews Enthuriaes, newspapers wanting copy, and nobodies wanting
Tather
advertisement is a fair inference and not far from the trutte — and you yet we must malle the grand mustalle of trying to hurtle Un East, do it not possible to credit local opinion withe knowledge. honesty, & to believe that they are doing all that is possible _ expecially in a furinces which has been given so much special publicites ? your stallige