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nclosure lo. 1 in moy despatch .. 10 of dist January, 1648
to imbassy, Banking.
AMOY NO DR
January, 1948.
1.
The owloon affair has received conepicuous end of course partisan treatment in the local press. with emphasis on "imperialiam ́auelty and "sovereign rights. typical editorial, from the "Li§à¥Áé.
'Liang eng - au of Jamary láth, is attached, in transir tion. leou relakses from Canton reported the reactions and resolutions of the students there. The destruction oi ritish property on hameen shortly ui tarwarus received only routine reporting here the following day. 11 rermined quiet inmoy, huwever, demonstration being conlined to scribblings on the Consulate- eneral gates and the nearby walls, eturn long kong and owloon". ay,carin, on the night of January
19. The 1ollowing day, in view of this and of the receipt of Æbassy Circular Telegram 20. 6 of canuary 18th, . handed the mayor an ofiicial letter in which reference waa mede to the orders from the .xecutive Yuon regarding the protection of Britisk lives Sik. property Juring the present crisis, una requested nis aesurance that such protection was bein, silorded in moy and that soy assistance which might be considered necessary would be resully forthound ną. • This assurance ne Love ani ne un crtook to have the writin, erased from the office ¿utes. Bimilar letter was sent to Lovernor Liu Chien-hau st ; oochow ar ritin ubjecte in noy and rocchow, as well as in the missionary centres of Ch'angchow and Ch'uanchow, were notified of these stepe. As far as this Consulate-venerai is aware, there have been no anti-british disturbances in kuien auring the period.
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The recent agreement between Chins and liong Kong will doubtless affect Amoy both financially and acono ically in the near future.
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