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BRITISH LEGATION,
PEKING.
June 5th, 1918.
Sir,
The case of the Indian Ameer Nuddin to which you have alluded in your letters of
March 18th, March 28th and April 10th, has been discussed with the Chinese
Government, and it has been arranged that as soon as the roads through Shensi are
safe, he shall be sent down to Hankow and handed over to His Majesty’s Consul-
General there.
If he should not have left Lanchowfu before you receive this letter, I should be
grateful if you would keep His Majesty’s Consul General at Hankow informed of his
movements.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient servant, Miles Lampson
*****************
Rev. G. Findlay Andrew,
Lanchowfu
Ameer Nuddin left on Thursday 13th-inst. under escort for Hankow. There are a
special lot of most interesting rumours on the street at present in connection with the
German offensive at the end of March. Paris has already fallen several times. When
Paris is invested by the Germans, then the war in the west will be over and Germany
will turn her attention to China and Japan. The Moslem mosques are to have their
representatives ready to meet the Turkish army on its triumphal march down through
Central Asia. I think I am on the right track for the source of these pro-German
rumours, and if I am not mistaken I think we shall find that they come down from the
New Dominion. (In 1884 the whole of this region was incorporated into China as the
province of Hsin Jiang and was referred to as “The New Dominion” RM). If I
ascertain anything definite I will let you know at once.
Yours faithfully.
His energy seemed unstoppable and his contacts widespread. Using his unique
administrative and communication skills, he was able to pick some special people to act as
agents for him.
MW Lampson Esq.,
H.B.M. Legation
Peking.
Dear Sir,
Mr Fitzmaurice left here on his way to Kashgar last Monday 9th.inst. As mentioned in
my letter of the 3rd.inst., after consultation with Mr Fitzmaurice, we decided that it
BRITISH LEGATION,
PEKING.
June 5th, 1918.
Sir,
The case of the Indian Ameer Nuddin to which you have alluded in your letters of
March 18th, March 28th and April 10th, has been discussed with the Chinese
Government, and it has been arranged that as soon as the roads through Shensi are
safe, he shall be sent down to Hankow and handed over to His Majesty’s Consul-
General there.
If he should not have left Lanchowfu before you receive this letter, I should be
grateful if you would keep His Majesty’s Consul General at Hankow informed of his
movements.
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient servant, Miles Lampson
*****************
Rev. G. Findlay Andrew,
Lanchowfu
Ameer Nuddin left on Thursday 13th-inst. under escort for Hankow. There are a
special lot of most interesting rumours on the street at present in connection with the
German offensive at the end of March. Paris has already fallen several times. When
Paris is invested by the Germans, then the war in the west will be over and Germany
will turn her attention to China and Japan. The Moslem mosques are to have their
representatives ready to meet the Turkish army on its triumphal march down through
Central Asia. I think I am on the right track for the source of these pro-German
rumours, and if I am not mistaken I think we shall find that they come down from the
New Dominion. (In 1884 the whole of this region was incorporated into China as the
province of Hsin Jiang and was referred to as “The New Dominion” RM). If I
ascertain anything definite I will let you know at once.
Yours faithfully.
His energy seemed unstoppable and his contacts widespread. Using his unique
administrative and communication skills, he was able to pick some special people to act as
agents for him.
MW Lampson Esq.,
H.B.M. Legation
Peking.
Dear Sir,
Mr Fitzmaurice left here on his way to Kashgar last Monday 9th.inst. As mentioned in
my letter of the 3rd.inst., after consultation with Mr Fitzmaurice, we decided that it
