It would be far safer if they return as Chinese than if they return under the protection of British jurisdiction.
A Chinese British subject who goes up country, far from Consular Ports, runs a decided chance of being quite murdered, simply because he is a British subject.
There is a case constantly cited in connection with this part of the subject which may be told in a few words.
The British Consul at Amoy went to the local Yamun in behalf of a respectable Anglo-Chinese who had been illegally arrested and impressed. While the Consul was protecting him, another British subject was being beaten to death; and the Consul returned home almost at the moment that the mutilated Chinaman's body was, in mockery, deposited at his door.
It would, I think, be best to defer sending the petition to the F.O. I ask what reply should, in Lord Salisbury's opinion, be returned to it. [If any part of the statements in it are quite incorrect]
T.C.M. 26/7 Before referring to F.O., wait till petition comes from Govr of Hong Kong and sends it & reports upon it.
Lord Charles Beresford retaining enclosures says that when the Govr sends it, it will have Mr. Chamberlain's full attention. Let me be informed at once.
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My dear Thombet, I send you a copy of the Petition I mentioned to you as coming from Hong Kong. I hope you will deal with it with the consideration. I can vouch for the...
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