Letter
Charles Seymour to Viceroy Chang, September 10, 1883
[Inclosure 2 in No. 277.]
Mr. Seymour to Viceroy Chang.
Consulate of the United States, Canton, September, 10, 1883—6 p.m.
Sir: In drawing your excellency’s attention to the lamentable occurrences which have this day resulted in such a destruction of the property of the citizens of various western nations on Shameen, I feel it to be my duty to represent that this destruction is due to the total want of sufficient protection to the foreign settlement, and to the tardy action of the Chinese authorities in sending a military force for our defense.
I must most urgently impress upon your excellency the necessity of adopting stringent measures to repress incendiaries and robbers.
I have, &c.,
CHARLES SEYMOUR.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.