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"Them". Thus showing in a still more

the extraordinary in- -fluence, he must have in the close

remachable wa

way

bureaucracy of the Colonial Office.

where he seems to be able to

get - Imay chief of those who hate red-

ppose, the chief of

-coul to have me

sulted, at his bid

complimented, or in-

bidding.

And it comes

to this that Six Robert Herberti conduct

Towards an

be

officer of my ranks seems to regulated entirely by the insidious

tations of Sir George Bowens.

representat

Office of my

The haters at the Colonial

cloth

for get

that

if

the

red-coub had not won the Colonies there

would be

no raison d'être

Colonial effice

for

the

The common sense view

of

и

plain soldier, like mspelf as to the fal hejs that should exist between the

the Avil and

officers of

is

given

in

my

Services

Military letter to Sir George Borven

dated, 5th November, 1883. and will be

found in

The Appending

MOUNT MASCAL,

BEXLEY,

KENT.

257

283

Sir George Bowen is credited, with

having exceptional influence

Sir Gobert Herbert

He

repeatedly

alluded to the

great

& friend

and

-ship that existed between himself

Sir Robert Sexfert" who he said.

had been his secretar

Jake

notice a

secretary

of

and avould

ust him

agarust

complaint made

him by a high civil official

Hong Stong who had previously,

in He

addressed to Sir Robert Sterberta eller

Charging Six George Bover with such conduct in Hong Kong

and else

where which if brought to be

light must have ended in his pain. The high civil officials letter was brought To my

house, and there read to me and it was to have left for England'

the next da

but

ny

day, viz: 4th September, 1884;

selling a friend about it led) to it being kept buet conditionally.

When Sir George Brown It on gut