CO129-285 - Acting Governor Major Gen Black - 1898 [9-10] — Page 274

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Hoang khi sự

Labuan

Sir

Government House

267

Hong Kong 24 Sept 1898

With reference & your telegram

of the 31st August & to my answer bry. " no information about Sula

Gen Merritt

ctc. etc. buly rumours.

kuons nothing

2. Since then no

& further rumours have reached ml & Admiral Dewey sticks like a

Compet

to

Manila, & has

not. I believe even sent a warship

any of the adjacent wslands to gain information, this seems strange

as he had a

free

hand except as regards the Carolines which he was ordered

Aleave alone

3 Inferred from Gen. Merrett's con

versation that he was not humaty To the Right Honourable

Xoseph Chamberlain

M. P.&c. &c