Confidential.
Sir.
1824/1905/0.0. D.Confidenti- -al.)
of the 8th. instant:
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Head Quarter Offices
Hongkong, 10th. March, 1905,
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In reply to Your Excellency's letter (margin)
I have to remark that the bussian Seamen have
been treated in all respects as i would expect to be treated my-
self in similar circurstances 1 have never even called them
Prisoners.
2.
I have inspected them all personally, and am
continually informed as to their welfare by Major Sexton of the
Indian Army who is in charge of their Camp.
3.
When I first took charge of the Russians,
Sub-Lieutenant Pini informed me that he declined to take any orders
from any foreign officer, but that he should appeal to"St. Peters-
burg" - I told him that I fully sympathised with him in the posi-
tion he was in, but that there were certain "orders" of mine which
must be carried out. These orders were of a sanitary nature, and
included the cleanliness of the Camp, and exercise for the men.
Lieutenant Pini then began to say that the Russian Admiral from
Shanghai had told him - when I stopped him and told him that
neither he nor I had anything to do with the Russian Admiral,
that if he had any complaints he was to make them to me through
Major Sexton. All I wished to do was to make his sojourn here as
little irksome as possible.
4.
and
As regards restrictions, both the Russian
Admiral and General Stoessel visited the Camp, and without so far
as I know asking permission from any one, nor did they even leave a
card. The only restriction I imposed was that not more than one
is Excellency
party
The Governor.
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