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Mr. Johan 5 Oct.
Mr.
Mr. Fairfield,
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
La N. #. Meade, &
Mr. Buxton.
18py
Marquess of Ripon.
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You have
put us in rather a
Downing Street
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9 October, 1894.
My dear Robinson
furonse to my dospatch
of this day's date, I have the honour to observe that it is most un-
usual for a despatch to the Secretary of State to be made públic in the Collory
difficulty before it has reached its destinations
by thei
Lord Ripon
an publication was
to be-deprecated in the ease of your despatch No.151 of 20th June, etee It
contained criticisms of the action of
the Viceroy of Canton which it was not convenient on grounds of Foreign policy to make public, and as to the correct- ness of which there seems some doubt. had indeed proposed to omit the pas- sages containing these criticisms in
publishing
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