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have come

fanctically all

+

Manch

6th.

me

Enginers guild including

comme on

ค

Printers stuck

struck jestaday.

PARAPHRASE TELEGRAM from the Secretary of State

for the Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kong.

Sent 2.45 p.m. 6th March 1922.

2 have

A report

with reqet

That

determined

efforts of large body of

Arlin

to force

tenitory

their way

real

lo Chinese

resulted

in

collusion

with Indian

✡

3

Land

hirps

who fined four shot's

wounding several other.

and killed

Action

was

unavoidable

but considerable

feeling

has been commet

in

Canton.

There is

Some hope that

the strike

will be settled

in

dany

DV

hoo

and

I will

thin

report fully by post.

Press to the effect

been settled

are premature.

Greatly repper delay in dealing with your bely roun

as to stawry by the Secretary for Chevere Affairs

is working day and night

impossible pur

I will de

Hardang

on the strike, and it is practically

of mad at frement is dent with any other maitus

aturet to ausum as soon as ponika.

Statements

in the

that

it

has aheady

STUBBS.

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6.3.22.

Ir J.Masterton Smith. At once

J.M.S. 6.3.

Strike your telegram6th March report by telegrap

precise circumstances in which collision occurred.

Please send further information as to why the

closing of the frontier was considered necessary.