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redyti mind nuts if %, as we wond

he finally consented to do so on certain conditions,195

and negotiations with regard to the enquiry were pro-

ceeding satisfactorily.

The newspaper agitation

temporarily ceased and the "Patshan" left Canton on

the 14th with a full complement of Chinese passengers.

I am sorry to say that I am now in receipt of a

telegram from

POL:

infoming me that, after a

fortnight of quiet, the agitation has been arrived he

the Self Covernment Society, apparently in consenterce

of the result of the trial in the Portuguese Court,

and

that their meetings have had the result of establishing

a boycott of the "Patshan".

On January 1st the passengers on board rere

intimidated into leaving the ship, which was obliged

to call for Hongkong practically empty

p.fox reporte

that there are rumours of an attack upon the concession

and that he will call uron the Viceroy to take strong

reasures against the leaders of the agitation.

I have

alzo impressed the gravity of the new situation up on

the airupu, who have 1romised `o telegraph of once to

the Viceroy. The Commodore at Pongkong is at present

at