CO129-186 - Public Offices & Others - 1879 — Page 39

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had stated that, as

for

as

I knew, he was

in Japan in a private capacity; and had

Flag or receive Salutes

no right to hoist a Flag

out

f

the precincts of his Government;

and I felt sure his doing so was unintention. -al. a copy of this note is forwarded

herewith.

4. In his reply, Mr Hennessy informed

me that the flying of the Blue Ensign

what

was an accident and some w

unintelligibly affirmed that this "had

" nothing to say to the Salutes :

5.

Had Mr Hennessy risited the Foreign

Men War with no

of

Flag flying, and

had then been saluted by them with

any

number of guns, it would clearly have been no business of mine ;

mine; but to

Every Naval mind the fact of

his

flying

his

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