He has done with the matter of the suggested draft ordinance & shall no doubt hear from him in due course.
The contention is that nothing can be done which will not handicap British trade, for (i) if British ships alone are regulated, they must be handicapped; (ii) as has been proposed, all nationalities accept certain rules, British trade will suffer again because the rules will not be enforced in the case of other ships.
I think there should be as little interference as possible, but it seems to me that there are two distinct issues. A wide distinction exists between the coasting voyages from treaty port to treaty port, and the voyage from Chefoo to Vladivostock, which is some 1200 miles of stormy sea, where British ships do not call in at Port Arthur.
The case of this longer voyage is ignored in the present letter and its Enclosure, and I should like to ask Mr. Gundry's attention to it, pointing out that there seems to have been no doubt that there has been dangerous & insanitary overcrowding on this voyage in past years. I should like also to find out whether there is still much emigration from Chefoo to Vladivostock.
The work on the Trans-Siberian railway may be over by March 1895. Reporting on this, the Consul says, "Owing to the falling off in emigration to Vladivostock, I have no reason to complain of the steamers running thither carrying too many coolie passengers." I should like to find out too whether the China Association would object to the simple rules proposed by the Consul at Canton as a choice of evils, as marked in the enclosure to GR1178/1922/32(III).
Is there any objection to my...
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The contention is that nothing can be done which will not handicap British trade, for (i) if British ships alone are regulated, they must be handicapped; (ii) as has been proposed, all nationalities accept certain rules, British trade will suffer again because the rules will not be enforced in the case of other ships.
I think there should be as little interference as possible, but it seems to me that there are two distinct issues. A wide distinction exists between the coasting voyages from treaty port to treaty port, and the voyage from Chefoo to Vladivostock, which is some 1200 miles of stormy sea, where British ships do not call in at Port Arthur.
The case of this longer voyage is ignored in the present letter and its Enclosure, and I should like to ask Mr. Gundry's attention to it, pointing out that there seems to have been no doubt that there has been dangerous & insanitary overcrowding on this voyage in past years. I should like also to find out whether there is still much emigration from Chefoo to Vladivostock.
The work on the Trans-Siberian railway may be over by March 1895. Reporting on this, the Consul says, "Owing to the falling off in emigration to Vladivostock, I have no reason to complain of the steamers running thither carrying too many coolie passengers." I should like to find out too whether the China Association would object to the simple rules proposed by the Consul at Canton as a choice of evils, as marked in the enclosure to GR1178/1922/32(III).
Is there any objection to my...