CO129-242 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1889 [8-12] — Page 141

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sure that

being

made through H. M. Minister for - immediate redress but I feel Your Excellency will in the meantime promptly take steps to give satisfaction to the Hongkong Government who are naturally indignant at so grave violation of their territory.

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I herewith enclose copy travelation of the depositions of the Police

and of the other men, Excellency's perusal.

Officen

for Your

Of the contents of this despatch Iduly informed myself and now

have the honour to state that the

delimitation of the British and Chinece Territories at Kowloon is marked by stones laid at eight places

so that the

boundaries are very distinct. I how all along isened strict injunctions to all officer

civil as well as

military not to allow soldiers or servant or other ~

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persons to cross the frontier and give rise to trouble. That any person -

acting

in

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acting contrary to this injunction should be dealt with with all severity and it is on account of the careful obedience on the part of the petty military officats Keeping the men under them in order that

o far a good understanding has prevailed

Do

d. The statement in your despatch

under acknowledgment that Chiirese voldiers had taken upon

cross the

filled

frontier and to:

one

themselves to

effect.

an arrest

with intense surprise.

and in

And I

"lost no time in telegraphing to the Brigadier General Lin of Ta Peng forwarding

to him a letter by special

carrier acting

him to at once --

investigate the matter and report the

true circumstances.

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The Brigadion General submit as follows : _ "On the 1!" of the 7!". moon (20 July) I received a letter,

from: Your Excellency to the effect that Consul Alabader had in communicating with Your Excellency in the matter laid_

before