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year to grant a fullest leave privileges to all members of the

Chinese staff, including those on whom one is ordinarily dependent

for city newa. Availing myself of the opportunity afforded by

those holidays, I proceeded, for the first time since I took over

my duties as Consul General on October 2nd, to Hongkong, whence I returned to Canton on the night of Sunday the 13th, arriving

here on the morning of the 14th, when the office reopened.

5. During this temporary absence responsible charge

naturally devolved on Mr. Giles, Acting Vice Consul, an officer

in whose judgment I have every confidence. The first indication

that anything abnormal was on foot was conveyed to him when re-

turning from a plenic on the afternoon of the 11th instant,

the

second day of the first moon, and two days after the first alter-

sation between the soldiers and the police. It assumed the form

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of a personal encounter with certain of the disaffected soldiers

on the road running outside the Gate to the East of which are

situated the principal barracks. Along this road he had passed

in perfect tranquillity in the forenoon, the ordinary not in-

considerable carriage and jinrioshaw traffic proceeding as usual.

Had he attached any importance, in so far as non-

Chinese and their interests were concerned, to this incident, it

would of course have been his duty immediately to report to me,

and it would equally have been my duty to return at once to my

post. That he did not do so showed that he considered the matter

one solely affecting Chinese and the course/subsequent events has

fully justified the conclusion arrived at. The only thing, with

regard to which he entertained any apprehension at a later stage,

was the possibility of the rowdy element, which every large city

contains, taking advantage of the preoccupation elsewhere of police

and soldiery to make a predatory raid on Shameen, and on this

ground he very properly requested the Senior Naval Officer to be

prepared to render assistance in the event of such an attack. He

sensibly