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Hongkong, 13th. March, 1905.

Sir,

During the conversation of this morning

Your Excellency informed me that you had received a letter from

London in which doubt is expressed concerning the condition of the

Russian Officers and men, who are interned at Kowloon, and in

which it was mentioned that according to rurours the above said

Officers and men are not treated in a suitable manner as customa-

ry between civilised nations.

I do not hesitate to declare openly that

such a statement is totally untrue and that I immensely regret

that such false rumours have been circulated. At different occa-

sions I have visited the encampment of the interned Officers and

men and 1 personally am thoroughly convinced that from the begin-

ning till now the Officers and men have always enjoyed a worthy

treatment from the British Authorities.

I shall consider it to be my duty to state

this openly whenever the occasion might present itself.

1 have etc.,

(S.) C. de Bologowskoy,

(རྗ.)

Imperial Russian Consul.

His Excellency

Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G.,

Governor of Hongkong.

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