CO129-402 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [7-8] — Page 279

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any difficulty with both an ancien and Japansee Beggett in Jangalore and also a Thike of rikisha Coolies.

The strength of the boycott liss me. doubted's in the control by the headmen

the various clans and guilder

over thea insunbors, and in Each case I had to deal with an intimation Through the Irg for Chinsel affairs an to the headman canaried, that if the trouble was not at ans

and adouc warrants for their arreal nuder the Banishment or dee would wine count the peaupt collapse of the difficulty. The une fast of the bay will is sefficient Eviduel of the complicity of the he comer, and I cannot understand For H. May's riffimetty. At they too would fall on the wirkted cookies mains, whole admich are conced or cozsued into these affaces.

I prefer to shiter at the head.

I su no

great obyn to leaving the Ordee on the Statate Bask for the presal but with an sephatic inituration that

not

the special Tax is add to be mephones

ruder

inces, and that the order any

must be refeated when things are mon normal in China.

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I agree with Sis J. Anderson,

Let me

have these papers back

before I see Sis #. May

$16.9-13 Sir 7. H. May

1. I have seen

today and have told him that the Boycott Ordmance must be removed from the Hong Kon Statute Boots, but I have left At time & mathead to him

and told him that he can give

reasons for doing.

his own

and that I do not want it

to affear that it is on orders from home if that wd. he Inflatant to time

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