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CANTON,12th.November, 1908.

Viceroy Chang to Mr. Fox.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your

despatch of the 7th. instant with reference to the boycott

of Japanese goods in Hongkong, which resulted in the

destruction of much property and in loss of life.

You

state that according to the Police Report the rioters were

sent to Hongkong for the purpose by the "National Disgrace Society" and that the governor of Hongkong, while taking

drastic measures to suppress the boycott, requests that I

will co-operate intaxing

ng similar steps and give instructions

for the arrest of the instigators.

I would observe that there is at present in Canton

no society of the name of the "National Disgrace Society" and that I have no information of the instigators of the

On hearing however last outgage having come from Canton. month that certain persons at Hongkong had conspired to- gether and were commitä ng asseults and cutting off ears, I gave secret instructions to the Taotai of Police and the local civil and military officials to take drastic pre- cautionary measures. The result of this was that good order was preserved and there was nowhere any disturbance

of trade.

It is my desire to preserve order in my jurisdiction and to protect the commerce of neighbouring Goverments, and anxious as I have always been to co-operate with the

I feel Governor of Hong kong in the most cordial manner; after the receipt of your despatch, that it is still more

incumbent

H. H. Fox, Esquire,

CANTO N.

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