CO129-486 - Public Offices - 1924 — Page 309

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Swatow, 28th February, 1924

sir,

I am in receipt of your communication of 27th instant from which I note you have been doing your best to help me on

for which I beg to thank you the matter without any success,

very

much for your troubles.

As regard to the arrest of the manager of my busines8 of being deceiving the Government with my nationality for the past three years. The man's family men come to me every day

to settle the matter as and lay the matter on me and force me

Now as I am soon as possible in order to release this man. already casted out of the British subjects and am the stranger of this place. At first I depend everything on you but now

If you will kindly take pity nowhere to redress my grievance.

I think as the

But if you think

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on me as regard to lives and properties. proverb says "There is a will there is a way". the matter camot be helped and I have no word to say any further, then please don't take too much troubles of yours By the way is just drop the matter off and let it alone. it right to let me have a copy of your communication to the commissioner of the Swatow Foreign Affairs in order that I can go to the higher Chinese Officer to redress my grievance. Please note no more further troubles will make to you after this.

Now as I am going to endeavour to get back my British subject with several good and true reasons and reasonable excuse

Kindly let me not in British soil. of my being born abroad know if you are good enough to pass my letter of explanation, (about

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B.M. Consul,

Swatow.

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