CO129-496 - Public Offices - 1926 — Page 172

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K. B. X. CONSULA‘I,

KIUNGCHOW.

14th February, 1926.

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In paragraph 3 of my despatch lie. 6 of February

2nd I had the honour to report an attack by students and

Cantonese soldiers on the Anerican Presbyterian Mission

at Kachek.

3.

The grant by General Teng Pen-yin of a strip of

land to the Mission "rovided the shadow of an excuse for

this incident, but at Nodes the other American Mission

station in the interior

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there has been an advance in

frightfulness, for which no excuse is apparent. The

enclosed letter to the Mission at Hoihow was written

by an American lady missionary, who has been in Nɔdea

for over 30 years. It speaks for itself.

3.

The

The Mission again took this case up with the

Commissioner of Foreign Affairs before informing me of

the facts, and subsequently Politely declined my offer

to see the Commissioner on the subject an offer which

I felt bound to make in order to cover syself against

a charge of neglect of duty and of common humanity,

Mission maintaine cordial so cial relatio ne with me and

so far recognises my position as Consul in charge of

American interests as to forward copies of their

correspondence with the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs

to the American Consul General at Canton through this

Consulate.

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4.

This anxiety to dissociate themselves in the

minds of the Chinese from any connection with Great Britain

Majesty's Minister;

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