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* population that the Europeans. intended making a Railway from Kowloom to Canton and they were coming in white ir

launches to take away the children whom they would drewn and convey their bodies to the site of the Railway to make a good foundation. This idea seems to have been in

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› their minds for some time and came to a climax yesterday

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.when two big launches conveying large parites of H.M.

Navy,- steamed through the Harbour at 2.30 p.m.The vil- lages then appeared to be in fear as they came to the . Government. School and asked the Schoolmaster to allow

them to take away their children..

At daybreak I boarded several junks

and found that with few exceptions all their arms in-

i cluding cannon had been recently discharged some of which were then loaders. The junk people refuse to give any rea-

sor beyond that: they fired because others were doing so.

: I collected the Aßlichow Kai Fong who confirmed my pre- [vious information and who promised to go round thejunks

. and advise the people not to give credence to the rumour.

I have etc.,

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