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FOREIGN OFFICE,
August 15th 1899.
... no end to the misery and at duty and base ... Iszogor:
«IsIsvoDer doa el greqorq erit saad ni boorol
... ovari I
blettanek .W .A
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(banaIR)
.Iuenon
Sir:-
With reference to my letter of April 24th, relative to the increase of piracy in the Chinese waters adjacent to Hong Kong, I am directed by the Marquess of Salisbury to transmit to you a copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking reporting a further case where the victim was the British steam launch "Wo-on".
Mr. Bax Ironside states that piracy and robbery still prevail in the neighbourhood of Canton, and that in spite of the warnings repeatedly given to the Viceroy, no serious attempt has been made to put a stop to such outrages, and suggests that it would now be advisable for Her Majesty's Government to take steps to protect British lives and property in the Canton waterways of the nature indicated in
Secretary,
the Admiralty.
the
Zel
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496
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test 17 AUG 19
POREIGN OFFICS,
August 15th 1899.
-no od he misin a at dui vd bas vɗ neo Iszogor:
«isIsvoDer doa el greqorq erit saad ni boorol
... ovari I
blettanek .W .A
..
(banaIR)
.Iuenon
Sir:-
With reference to my letter of April 24th, rela-
tive to the increase of piracy in the Chinese waters
adjacent to Hong Kong, I un directed by the Marquess
of Salisbury to transait to you a copy of a despatch
from Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking re-
porting & further case where the victim was the
Pritish stew: launch "Wo-on".
Mr. Bax Ironside states that piracy and robbery
still prevail in the neighbourhood of Canton, and
that in spite of the warnings repeatedly given to
the Viceroy, no serious attempt has been made to
put a stop to such outrages, and suggests that it
would now be advisable for Her Majesty's Government
to take steps to protect British lives and property
in the Centon waterways of the nature indicated in
Becretary,
the Admiralty.
the
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