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REC C PES 7 AUG 00
Hongkong
26/6/00.
I went up to Canton on the evening of the 12th inst.
& at ten a.m. the following day I called on H. B. M's Consul
Mt Scott to whom I handed your kind letter of introduction.
He ***** Wrote me a letter to Dr Mark, the private secretary
to .E. Li Hung Chang. After seeing Dr Mark I was introduced
to H.E. Li at 3.30 p.m.
H.E. said that the Taotai Liu & Capt Lu had told
him about my being in Hongkong & having learnt that I went up
with Commander Slade to the West River he wanted to know
something of the movements of the pirates & robbers who
infest the districts bordering the river. He said he also
wished to learn something about the Triad Society, its strength
& headquarters & the Hongkong method of capturing Triad
members. He said he knew Kwang Tung was a hot-bed of the
Triad Society which has branches all over S. China. He
believes that the Ko Lo Hui of the Yangtse districts is a
similar society & in constant communication with the Triads.
"What do you think about the Triad society? he asked.
I told him that the aim of the Triad Society is to overthrow
the present dynasty. They resort to highway robbery, armed
robbery & piracy & every expedient to make law-abiding people
feel unsafe & do not stop until the harassed victims are
obliged to join their membership. It is a powerful society
in numbers & the Tai Ping Chief, Hung San Tsun, was able by the help of this society to overrun the Southern Provinces of
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