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Canton should be clearly informed that he is expected to protect people outside boun dary who have shown friendliness to British troops pending occupation; to maintain law and order on the frontier, and secure life and property. Failure to co-operate with Colonial Government in these respects may lead to second occupation. He should also be informed that Kowloon City will be henceforth in every respect under British juris- diation. New Order in Council to this effect will be issued. Send home full statement of additional expenditure caused by occupation.
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Tsung-li Yamed with regard to the British occupation of Sham Chun, and the question of the resumption by the Chinese authorities of control in the City of Kowloon.
I had already learnt with much satisfaction through Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking, that Tan Tzu-cheng, who is believed to have been chiefly re- sponsible for the murder of Mr. Fleming in Kweichou, had at length been arrested, and I have the honour to inform you that I am in communication with Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies in regard to the arrangements to be made for the retrocession to China of Sham Chun. For the reasons stated in my note of the 30th May, it is impossible for Her Majesty's Government to allow the resumption of jurisdiction by the Chinese authorities in Kowloon City.
I am, &c.,
29827/8.
No. 271.
SALISBURY.
(Confidential.)
SIR,
COLONIAL OFFICE to FOREIGN OFFICE. [Answered by No. 274.]
Downing Street, November 2, 1899. I AM directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th ultimo,* forwarding copy of a note from Sir Lo Feng Luh respecting the retrocession of Sham Chun to China.
2. Mr. Chamberlain observes from this note that Sir Lo Feng Luh is still under the impression that simultaneously with the retrocession of Sham Chun, steps will be taken for the restoration of Chinese authority in the City of Kowloon, ang presumes that the Marquess of Salisbury will take an early opportunity of giving Sir Lo Feng Lub clearly to understand that no such restoration is possible, and that the City will remain in all respects and for all purposes under British jurisdiction.
3. I am to add, with reference to paragraph 2 of your letter of the 24th ultimo,t that the Marquess of Lansdowne having concurred in the telegram, the draft of which was submitted to Lord Salisbury in the letter from this Office of the 21st ultimo,§ that telegram has now been despatched to the Governor of Hong Kong; and I am to suggest. that corresponding instructions may now be given to Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Pekin.
I am, &c.,
H. BERTRAM COX.
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No. 272A.
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN. (Received 9.25 a.m., November 4, 1899.)
TELEGRAM.
[Answered by No. 291.]
Referring to your telegram of November 2, incorporation of Kowloon City neoss- sitates Her Majesty's Order in Council if laws of Colony are to be applied.
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No. 273.
GOVERNOR SIR H. A. BLAKE to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received 12.35 p.m., November 5, 1899.)
TELEGRAM.
Your telegram of 3rd November.† Matsheds are being removed as quickly as possible. Evacuation will be completed in a week.
30492/8.
No. 272.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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5 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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Lo Feng
Lah, Oct. M4, 1899.
(Confidential.)
SIR,
(Received November 4, 1899.)
Foreign Office, November 3, 1899.
I AM directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to transmit to you, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, the accompanying copy of a note, as marked in the margin, concerning the retrocession of Sham Chun, and the re- sumption of jurisdiction by the Chinese authorities in Kowloon City.
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I am, &c.,
FRANCIS BERTIE.
Enclosure in No. 272.
The Marquess of SALISBURY to Sir Lo FENG LUH.
Foreign Office, October 24, 1899.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of the note which you addressed to me on the 17th instant, informing me of the instructions forwarded to you by the
j No. 261.
• No. 267.
† No. 964.
‡ No. 270.
30498/5.
(Confidential.)
SIB,
No. 274.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
Foreign Office, November 6, 1890. WITH reference to your letter of the 2nd instant, I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to transmit to you, for the information of Mr. Secretary Chamberlain, a paraphrase of a telegram which His Lordship sent on November 3rd to Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking, directing him to inform the Chinese Government that the Governor of Hong Kong had been instructed to withdraw the British troops from Sham Chun within the boundary already delimitated; and to obtain from the Trangă. Yamon a pledge that the inhabitants who have shown friendliness to the British troops during the occupation will not be molested.
I ́also enclose a copy of a note which Lord Salisbury addremod to the Chinese Minister on October 24, stating that Her Majesty's Government could not allow the
• No. 270. * No. 271.
† 30888/8.; not printed.
§ Ses enclosure in No. 272.
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