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(Secret.)
SIB,
No. 152.
WAR OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received May 13, 1899.)
War Office, London, S.W., May 12, 1899. I AM directed by the Secretary of State for War to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date,-11789/99, secret, Hong Kong,--respecting the proposed occupation of the towns of Kowloon and Sham Chun."
In reply I am to acquaint you that he concurs generally in the instructions Mr. Chamberlain proposes to send to the Governor of Hong Kong, but Lord Lansdowne thinks it is desirable to add to the telegram that Sham Chun is not to be occupied unless the General Officer Commanding the Troops is satisfied that he is in a position to hold that place for the present. A considerable time might obviously pass before the additional Chinese battalion which it is proposed to raise could be depended upon for effective purposes.
I am, &c.,
R. H. KNOX.
11789 B.
No. 155.
MA. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE.
(Paraphrase.)
(Sent 10 a.m., May 14, 1899.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 156.]
Your telegrams of 10th, 11th and 18th instant. You should occupy both Sham Chun and Kowloon in manner proposed by you, effecting your object, if possible, by an overwhelming display of force, and without bloodshed. Do not occupy Sham Chun unless the General is satisfied that he is in a position to hold it for the present with the force already at his disposal.
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No. 153.
No. 156.
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to Mr. CHAMBERLAIN
(Received 7.88 p.m., May 14, 1899.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 157.]
I have received your telegram of 14th instant. I move Tuesday, the 16th.
Ain I to act in accordance with my telegram of 10th‡ or of 11th inst. ?§
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received 11.12 a.m., May 13, 1899.)
(Paraphrase.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 155.]
To-day the Chinese Colonel Commandant at Kowloon came and begged me to ask Viceroy to remove him, as he is left there with 200 soldiers and without pacification (?), he says.
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No. 157.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIB H. A. BLAKE.
(Sent 11.45
a.m., May 15, 1899.)
TELEGRAM.
Your telegram of May 14. Act as proposed in your telegram of 11th inst.§
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SIR,
No. 154.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received May 15, 1899.)
Foreign Office, May 13, 1899.
I LAID before the Marquess of Salisbury your letter of the 12th instantt enclosing paraphrases of two further telegrams from the Governor of Hong Kong respecting the Proposed occupation of Kowloon and Sham Chun, and I am to state that his Lordship concurs in the terms of the telegram which Mr. Secretary Chamberlain proposes to send to the Governor in reply.
I am, &c.,
FRANCIS BERTIE.
12276.
No. 158.
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received May 15, 1899.)
(Confidential.)
[Copy to Foreign Office, June 29, 1899. L.E.] [Answered by No. 197.]
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Government House, Hong Kong, April 7, 1899.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt yesterday of your telegram, in answer to mine of the 1st, 3rd, and 4th instant.** I do not propose to repeat my visit to Canton. The reason for my visit on the 2nd seemed to me to be very pressing. It was evident that a hostile movement was being set on foot, that, if not suppressed at onte, might produce serious and far-reaching consequences in the near future. I had
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