CO129-294 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [10-12] — Page 468

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HongKong, December, 1899.

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I have the honour to forward for your in-

formation an account of an incident that took place in the

Tung-Kun district on the 28th. July, when an attack was made

upon the Reverend Mr. Zahn, a member of the Rhenish Mission, by

Father Julien, a French Missionary. The matter was first dealt

with in a leading article in the HongKong Daily Press of IIth .

September, of which I attach a cony. The writer sent the article

to the Colonial Secretary.

2. As it affected the Tung-Kun district im-

mediately north of our New Territory I requested the Colonial

Secretary to communicate with Mr. Zahn who called upon him

with Mr.Genahr who belongs to the same Mission. Mr. Genahr

stated that the facts had been communicated by him to the

Daily Press, and Mr.Genahr promised to send a statement that

he intendedto print. That statement has just been received,

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and I enclose it, as it shows an extraordinary state of af-

fairs existing between the Roman Catholic and Protestant

The Right Honourable

Christian

JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.,

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