CO129-295 - Public Offices - 1899 — Page 324

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There is no security for life or property and as British Sub-jects are closely concerned, it is my duty to inform Your Highness and Your Excellencies that unless mea-sures are immediately taken to prevent such outrages I shall have to report, for the consideration of Her Majesty's Government, the advisability of taking steps to protect British lives and property either by patrolling the waterways or by placing guards on the steamers, the expense of which would be made the subject of a claim on the Chinese Government.

(Signed)
I avail, &c.,
Claude M. MacDonald,

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There is no security for life or property and as British Sub-jects are closely concerned, it is my duty to inform Your Highness and Your Excellencies that unless mea-sures are immediately taken to prevent such outrages I shall have to report, for the consideration of Her Majesty's Government, the advisability of taking steps to protect British lives and property either by patrolling the waterways or by placing guards on the steamers, the expense of which would be made the subject of a claim on the Chinese Government. (Signed) I avail, &c., Claude M. MacDonald,
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058 321 C Iusaco a'ydaɛqu( Tel Jugord S1 jasi traf redmess 10 Anders Isolewnią w goreDIV alim gotat avoetwf gai¶ de Nugg Fit Tev new evit savo atr Gelderlay 11. to begetrea Anub end bus TA BORGO evod sonte Sorld am envio mol sont see on,aromom ser t at heroes* ved ovar emneral nodri30 artë në qen OW AT!! SAM. Gaald to furovea I B7sqeq e ratet e dado bise ed casila yam di baseks! to exewiadow eile ao stotxe Tow V etoverd of blatte se amor outd » od vil open of shard bre viequoo ni cqsoxe 34oft .beavieq èuedxe at såtbu - o si bus antite eyewie at yousoty 87 ! -21 coll „odif rig tw wetvreest te alatdo o di un mid beagstone vihejseqer Rat [wanoo e'ydee. ni eslostig saed to deebdes but can only obtain the stereotyped reply that strin- gent instructions have been sent to the officials concerned. Admiral Ho, the Commander-in-Chief, who should properly be the Officer to inaugurate a vigorous campaign against the pirates appears absolutely pine and incapable of dealing with the evil. Su- The complaints of the Hongkong Government and Her Majesty's Consuls show a state of affairs in Cantor waters which is quite intolerable. There is no security for life or property and as British Sub- jects are closely concerned, it is my duty to inform Your Highness and Your Excellencies that unless mea- sures are immediately taken to prevent such outrages I shall have to report, for the consideration of Her Majesty's Government, the advisability of taking steps to protect British lives and property either by patrolling the waterways or by placing guards on the steamers, the expense of which would be made the subject of a claim on the Chinese Government. (Signed) I avail, &c., Claude M. MacDonald,
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Iusaco a'ydaɛqu( Tel

Jugord S1 jasi traf redmess

10 Anders Isolewnią w goreDIV

alim gotat avoetwf gai¶ de Nugg

Fit Tev new evit savo atr

Gelderlay 11. to begetrea Anub end bus

TA BORGO

evod sonte Sorld am envio

mol sont see on,aromom ser t

at heroes* ved ovar emneral nodri30 artë në qen

OW AT!! SAM. Gaald to furovea I B7sqeq e

ratet e dado bise ed casila yam di baseks!

to exewiadow eile ao stotxe Tow V

etoverd of blatte se amor outd

» od vil open of shard bre viequoo ni cqsoxe 34oft

.beavieq èuedxe at såtbu

- o si bus antite eyewie at yousoty 87

!

-21 coll „odif rig tw wetvreest te alatdo o di

un mid beagstone vihejseqer Rat [wanoo e'ydee.

ni eslostig saed to deebdes

but can only obtain the stereotyped reply that strin-

gent instructions have been sent to the officials

concerned.

Admiral Ho, the Commander-in-Chief, who should

properly be the Officer to inaugurate a vigorous

campaign against the pirates appears absolutely

pine and incapable of dealing with the evil.

Su-

The complaints of the Hongkong Government and

Her Majesty's Consuls show a state of affairs in

Cantor waters which is quite intolerable.

There is

no security for life or property and as British Sub-

jects are closely concerned, it is my duty to inform

Your Highness and Your Excellencies that unless mea-

sures are immediately taken to prevent such outrages

I shall have to report, for the consideration of

Her Majesty's Government, the advisability of taking

steps to protect British lives and property either

by patrolling the waterways or by placing guards on

the steamers, the expense of which would be made the

subject of a claim on the Chinese Government.

(Signed)

I avail, &c.,

Claude M. MacDonald,

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