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16 MAR 15 217

TELEGRAM. The Governor of HongKong to the Secretary of State

for the Colonies,

(Received Colonial Office 3.58 p.m.16th March, 1916)

I have received a telegram from His

Majesty's Consul General at Canton stating that he

was informed by military Governor, Canton, this

morning of imminence of declaration of independence

by Kuangal.