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Government are situated, condoned, or were unwilling to make. amends for, an act, which is tantamount to an act of piracy committed in the waters of an Allied Power, I need scarcely. point out how prejudicial to the cause of the Republic this

would be.

I would accord maly beg Your Excellency to lose no time in complying with the very reasonable request of the Hongkong Government, and in returning the Kwangli to Hong- long with a suitable apology for the unwarrantable action

of the Waler Police Department, as unless their request be

promptly complied with the Hongkong Government, who have

exercised great forbearance hitherto, will have no alterna-

tive but to lay the whole matter by telegraph before His

Majesty's Government in London, on whom the incident will

create an impression far from favourable to China's Repre-

sentation at the Peace Conference.

I have, &c.,

(Signed) J. W. JAMIESON.

J.

1919

18 July.

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