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My Lord:-

22701

PEC

CHINESE LEGATION,

PEC 3 NOV 96!

W

177

October 26th, 1896.

It is well known that the Province of Canton, where the Taiping Rebellion, one of the most serious and disastrous political movements that ever tried the resources and stability of the Chinese Empire, took place, has for a considerable time past, but more especially during the last two years, been the seat of secret societies hostile to the maintenance of peace and order, and that now as in 1850, when the Taiping rebellion broke out, the British Colony of Hong Kong is by those associations made to serve as a base for movements directed against the tranquillity of the Empire of China.

The proximity of Hong Kong to the mainland making the island an especially advantageous station

The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G.,
&C.,
&C.

&C = 1

whence

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My Lord:- 22701 PEC CHINESE LEGATION, PEC 3 NOV 96! W 177 October 26th, 1896. It is well known that the Province of Canton, where the Taiping Rebellion, one of the most serious and disastrous political movements that ever tried the resources and stability of the Chinese Empire, took place, has for a considerable time past, but more especially during the last two years, been the seat of secret societies hostile to the maintenance of peace and order, and that now as in 1850, when the Taiping rebellion broke out, the British Colony of Hong Kong is by those associations made to serve as a base for movements directed against the tranquillity of the Empire of China. The proximity of Hong Kong to the mainland making the island an especially advantageous station The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G.,&C.,&C. &C = 1 whence
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Copy. C My Lord:- 0.0 22701 PEC CHINESE LEGATION, PEC 3 MOV 96! W 177 October 26th, 1896. It is well known that the Province of Canton, where the Taiping Rebellion, one of the most serious and disastrous political movements that ever tried the resources and stability of the Chinese Empire, took place, has for a considerable time past, but more especially during the last two years, been the seat of secret societies hostile to the maintenance of peace and order, and that now as in 1850, when the Taiping rebellion broke out, the British Colony of Hong Kong is by those associations made to serve as a base for movements directed against the tranquillity of the Empire of China. The proximity of Hong Kong to the mainland making the island an especially advantageous station The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G., &C., &C. &C = 1 whence
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My Lord:-

0.0

22701

PEC

CHINESE LEGATION,

PEC 3 MOV 96!

W

177

October 26th, 1896.

It is well known that the Province of

Canton, where the Taiping Rebellion, one of the

most serious and disastrous political movements that

ever tried the resources and stability of the

Chinese Empire, took place, has for a considerable

time past, but more especially during the last two

years, been the seat of secret societies hostile

to the maintenance of peace and order, and that

now as in 1850, when the Taiping rebellion broke

out, the British Colony of Hong Kong is by those

associations made to serve as a base for movements

directed against the tranquillity of the Empire of

China.

The proximity of Hong Kong to the mainland

making the island an especially advantageous station

The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G.,

&C.,

&C.

&C = 1

whence

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