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Sir R. Macleay,

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HOST SECRE

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When sastrate to power to they' Lond. Ditime Con you wood?

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September

MUSTAMĀJAS DEAL rious to evae, and atsigrojnos,

To puno ni setanung vildi erow on vaslat

Your telegram No. 314,

Governor of Hongkong's proposal as giv

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in his telegram of September 13th amounts

the issue of an ultimatum to Canton Govern-

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1. Can the issue of such an ultimatum,

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based merely on the failure of the Canton

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in the absence of

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by the other Powers as an attempt on our part

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to force a quarrel for ulterior political

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factory replies might be received, in which

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case the ultimatum would not take effect and

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