Charges were then made in the despatch against a British consular official and another Briton, said to be employed by the Kuling estate, alleging that their activities proved their pro-Chinese sympathies. The despatch was careful to state that German and other nationals residing in Kuling had had nothing to do with the alleged activities of the Britons accused. (No sort of confirmation could be obtained of these charges last night. It was believed in British circles that nothing could have been done to prejudice the neutrality of the foreign settlement and that the charges were unfound-
The foreign colony at Kuling at present comprises the following: 37 Britons, 13 Americans, eight Germans, two Swedes. two Russian women, and one man of unknown nationality.—
Domei.
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