CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909 — Page 490

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

the "Patahun". The chip, it is interesting to note y

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loft for Hongkong the day after the boycott

runningg double trips with over eight hundred paseongere

she was

on hoard, this being greatly in exce a of her usual

number.

Under the circumstances her owners do not wich mo

to present way claim for loss sustained on account of

the boycott to the Chinese Authorities.

I am glad to be able to report that there has been

throughout the past two monthe no display of unti-

foreim feeling in the city of fonton and there has been

quite recently & marked improvement in the tone of the

native press, at any rate as far as we are concerned.

The Portuguese Consul's criticisms of their conduct

above referred to have called forth indignant protesta

from the Canton Press Association, who have demanded

an apology under a threat of legal proceedings!

I venture to hope that the attitude I have adopted

in my

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