CO129-212 - Governor Sir Bowen - 1883 [10-11] — Page 264

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259

in the Chinese service

stationed at the Ports of China.

Now all who knew Englishmen resident abroad will agree in assuring Your Lordship

generally rule, they are more English than the English at home; and that they are

unlikely to sympathize with matters connected with those who resemble those at home.

One of them, a Professor from one of the smaller German Universities,

who has been domiciled in Connaught, has succeeded in making a

favourable impression on most of the English officials with whom he has already come

into contact. However, as he has been sent out here from the Colonial Office, it is the

duty of my Government to give him a fair trial; and he will receive all proper

assistance.

He is a Dane, who has been at a Private Observatory in Dresden; who speaks broken English with a strong Irish brogue; and whose appearance is not...

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6 259 in the Chinese service stationed at the Ports of China. Now all who knew Englishmen resident abroad will agree in assuring Your Lordship generally rule, they are more English than the English at home; and that they are unlikely to sympathize with matters connected with those who resemble those at home. One of them, a Professor from one of the smaller German Universities, who has been domiciled in Connaught, has succeeded in making a favourable impression on most of the English officials with whom he has already come into contact. However, as he has been sent out here from the Colonial Office, it is the duty of my Government to give him a fair trial; and he will receive all proper assistance. He is a Dane, who has been at a Private Observatory in Dresden; who speaks broken English with a strong Irish brogue; and whose appearance is not...
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