CO129-242 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1889 [8-12] — Page 162

Enclosure 13

Jelegram

19547

EGE I OCT 9.

161

~HC. the Governor to 4.13. M. Conout, Capton.

(opy.)

15th August, 1889.

News has reached me

that the men.

improperly seized ot

Sham Shui po

are

to be

immediately executed. Please obtain from Viceroy

assurance that this - will not happen and warn him that if, pending investigation here, there should be committed this

further outrage on international Comity,

I shall be compelled at

once to take serious steps with a view to immediate satisfaction.

Des Vœux.

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