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Governor of Hong kong reported that the off icer in com-
mand of the troops at Taipohu had found posted on the op-
posite hill a large Chine se face, which had fired at
the British troops. Further attacks were made on the
17th and 18th. On the 18th the Governor of Hongkong
reported that the Viceroy of Canton had refused to reply
to a request which he had sent to him via His Majesty's
Consul at that port that the Chire se officials and troops
should be removed from the territory leased to Great Britain.
The Governor further stated that a force of 600 Chine se
troops had been sent into Kowloon City, where they were
not required, the need for protection being on the nor-
thern frontier. His Majesty's Charge d'Affairs was there-
upon instructed to urge the Tsungli Yamen to send strin-
gent orders to the Viceroy for the removal of the troops
and to impress on them that the results of neglect to ob-
serve the stipulations of the Conven tion would be serious.
These instructions His Majesty's Chargé carried out an
the 20th. April at an interview with the Yamen. In con-
sequence of further reports from the Governor of Hongkong,
His Majesty's Chargé was instructed to inform the Yamen
that His Majesty's Government had been most painfully im-
pressed with the recent occurrences at Kowloon and the
resistance which had been made to the execution of the
provisions of the Convention, that His Majesty's Govern
ment were convinced that the pepeated attacks made on the
British forces by Chinese troops in uniform could not have
occurred without effective concurrence on the part of
the Chinese local authorities, and that this view was
confirmed by the refusal of the Viceroy of Canton to re-
move his troops from the territory leased to Great Britain,
and by the capture of Chinese military flags. On the 29th
side interview April His Majesty's Chargé communicated the above to the
with Yamen of
29/4/1899. Yamen am added that "His Majesty's Government would be
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