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34836

RECO

720

Per 10 50 331

FOREIGN OFFICE.

December 13th. 1899.

259

Sir:-

The Chinese Minister spoke to me to-day with respect to a Chinese refugee who apparently is now at Hong Kong, and whom he desires that we should expel.

The man in question, Kang Yu Wei, was during the brief period in which the Emperor countenanced reforming measures, a favourite at the Palace, and enjoyed considerable influence in the conduct of affairs.

When the coup d'etat came, he fled, and had since been hanging about in various places where there was a Chinese population outside the Chinese Empire, and, according to His Excellency, had been collecting money and raising troops for the purpose of making war against the Empress of China.

I told His Excellency that the request he made was one of extreme delicacy, and to which, in the absence of ...

r C. MacDonald, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.,

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

Peking.

further

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34836 RECO 720 Per 10 50 331 FOREIGN OFFICE. December 13th. 1899. 259 Sir:- The Chinese Minister spoke to me to-day with respect to a Chinese refugee who apparently is now at Hong Kong, and whom he desires that we should expel. The man in question, Kang Yu Wei, was during the brief period in which the Emperor countenanced reforming measures, a favourite at the Palace, and enjoyed considerable influence in the conduct of affairs. When the coup d'etat came, he fled, and had since been hanging about in various places where there was a Chinese population outside the Chinese Empire, and, according to His Excellency, had been collecting money and raising troops for the purpose of making war against the Empress of China. I told His Excellency that the request he made was one of extreme delicacy, and to which, in the absence of ... r C. MacDonald, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., &c., &c., &c. Peking. further
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0.0. 34836 RECO 720 Per 10 50 331 FOREIGN OFFICE. December 13th. 1899. 259 Sir:- The Chinese Minister spoke to me to-day with respect to a Chinese refugee who apparently is now at Hong Kong, and whom he desires that we should ex- The man in question, Kang Yu Wei, was during the brief period in which the Emperor countenanced reforming measures, a favourite at the Palace, and enjoyed considerable influence in the conduct of af- pel. fairs. When the coup d'etat came, he fled, and had since been hanging about in various places where there was a Chinese population outside the Chinese Empire, and, according to His Excellency, had been collecting money and raising troops for the purpose of making war against the Empress of China. His Excellency that the request he made was one of extreme delicacy, and to which, in the absence of I told r C. MacDonald, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., &c., &c., &c. Peking. further
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34836

RECO

720

Per 10 50 331

FOREIGN OFFICE.

December 13th. 1899.

259

Sir:-

The Chinese Minister spoke to me to-day with

respect to a Chinese refugee who apparently is now

at Hong Kong, and whom he desires that we should ex-

The man in question, Kang Yu Wei, was during

the brief period in which the Emperor countenanced

reforming measures, a favourite at the Palace, and

enjoyed considerable influence in the conduct of af-

pel.

fairs.

When the coup d'etat came, he fled, and had

since been hanging about in various places where

there was a Chinese population outside the Chinese

Empire, and, according to His Excellency, had been

collecting money and raising troops for the purpose

of making war against the Empress of China.

His Excellency that the request he made was one of

extreme delicacy, and to which, in the absence of

I told

r C. MacDonald, K.C.B., K.C.M.G.,

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

Peking.

further

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