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and one-sided reports of the proceedings, I wrote to the

Viceroy (Enclosure No. 5), requesting him, in accordance

with the now press laws, to prevent the newspapers from

publishing matter calculated to impair the friendly rÜ-

lations existing between Chinese and British in fenton.

On December 7th. I gesin wrote to the Viceroy

(Enclosure No. 6), drawing his attention to the proceedings

of the Self Government Society, she had called a public

masting for that morning a to díacuse "kicking to death of

a Chinese passervrar by a foreigner on the steuer "Fatahan"

and pointing out the serious conseqioncos that would prob-

ably ensue if the Society wore allowed to continue to

excite the popular mind in this manner.

On December th. I was obliged to write again to the

Viceroy (Enclosure No. 7), complaining of his apparent neglect of my representations and stating my invention

of calling upon him the following morning.

The Viceroy in a note just received had asked me to

defor my vicit until Thursday the 10th. inɛnnt.

In a de patch which only reached no last night the

Viceroy