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Sin

I am

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341 SEP JO

Foreign Office September 3

1898

directed by Mr. Balfour to

acquaint you, for the infor

ma tion

of

Chamberlain, that the

Spanish Ambassador called this

Mr. Secretary

afternoon to

say

that the

insurgents

in

the Philippines had purchased at

Hong Kong and had armed there two vessels for the purpose of attacking

ravaging

the islands still under

and

Spanish

control.

These vessels

were

about

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office