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AFFAIRS OF CHINA,
EGE 27 NOV 00,
CONFIDENTIAL.
[November 8.]
SECTION 1.
No. 1.
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(No. 153.) My Lord,
Mr. Whitehead to the Marquess of Salisbury.--(Received November 8.)
Tokió, September 8, 1900. WITH reference to my despatch No. 151 of the 4th instant, I have the honour to report that, in the course of an interview which I had with Viscount Aoki to-day, I read to his Excellency a paraphrase of your Lordship's telegram No. 93 of the 4th September, stating that, according to a telegram received from the Governor of Hong Kong, certain members of Kang-yu-wei's Reform party were about to start a rebellion and march on Canton, and that many Japanese were assisting the movement.
Viscount Aoki assured me, in reply, that, as far as he was aware, no Japanese were concerned in the movement in South China, although some had undoubtedly been con- nected with the recent attempt of the Reform party to provoke a rising at Hankow.
His Excellency said that it was a difficult matter to keep watch over all persons leaving Japan for China, but repeated the assurances, contained in the note inclosed in my despatch above referred to, that the Japanese Government would take all possible measures to prevent the participation of Japanese in movements likely to lead to further disturbances in China.
I have, &c. (Signed) J. B. WHITEHEAD.
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