Viceroy Tan to Consul Mansfield.
May 19, 1899.
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your despatch of the 17th instant, informing me that the Governor of Hong Kong, in accordance with instructions received from his Government, has sent a force to occupy Samchun and Kowloon city. I am also in receipt of a report from the Consul commanding at Ta Peng, stating that on the 16th instant, between 3 and 5 p.m., several hundred soldiers under the command of British Officers had swarmed into Kowloon city, and had shut the gates, allowing no one to enter or leave the town; that they had hoisted the British flag on the city wall and had forced the officials and people to leave the city at once.
I was inexpressibly surprised on receiving this report, seeing that the Boundary Commissioners of our respective countries had settled that Sanchun was outside the limits of the new territory, and that the Tsungli Yamen had formerly agreed with the British Minister at Peking that the Chinese should still continue to exercise their functions within the city of Kowloon.
The Convention is still in existence and I do not see how it is possible to depart from it.
It has long been known throughout the world that your country holds good faith and righteous dealing in the greatest estimation. Moreover, as the friendly relations between England and China have remained through a long period of time, it is only right that England should increase the already great cordiality of existing relations. But the action of England in the present instance...
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Viceroy Tan to Consul Mansfield.
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May 19, 1899.
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I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your
despatch of the 17th. instant, informing me that the
Governor of Hong Kong, in accordance with instructions
received from his Government, has sent a force to occupy
Samchun and Kowloon city. I am also in receipt of a report
from the Consul commanding at Ta Peng, stating that on
the 16th. instant, between 3 and 5 p. m. , several
kennarak hundred soldiers under the command of British
Officers had swarmed into Kowloon city, and had shut the
gates, allowing no one to enter or leave the towns that
they had hoisted the British flag on the city wall and
had forced the officials and people to leave the city at
once,
I was inexpressibly surprised on receiving this
report, seeing that the Boundry Commissioners of our
respective countries had settled that Sanchun was out- side the limits of the new territory, and that the Tsungli
Yamen had formerly agreed with the British Minister at
Peking that the Chinese should still continue to exercis
their functions within the city of Kowloon.
The Convention is still in existence and I do not
see how it is possible to depart from it.
It has long been known throughout the world that
your country holda good faith and righteous dealing in
the greatest estimation. Moreover as the friendly relations
between England and China have remained from through a
long period of time, It is only right that England should increase the already great cordiality of existing relations. But the action of England in the present instance
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