CO129-206 - Public Offices & Others - 1882 — Page 113

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Copy of Correspondence

from Agent in

Agent in Hong.

HongKong Telegraphsin China.

Dear Sir

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Hongkong 25th April 1882.

As I know full well.

the reasons

for the action of Fir Thomas (tade. Hr. M. Minister, upon H.M. Forrign and Colonial offices in the grave matter of the Gt. Northern Coy's attempt to goin a monopoly by land and in China', and

now landing

by

Sta:

- rights in Hongkong, attempts whose objective is to injure British political influence and trade. I

again address you, and in such frank terms that I hope to convince you that a further or closer alliance with the Danish Company will be highly detrimental to your interests. In dealing with the Danes you

have to do with an unscrupulous, deceitful, and impudent association. whose position by reason of ext. -tionate greed and, in three later days, disrepute that has followid deception found out, has become

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