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CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
No. 1.
[November 28]
HERP 28 NOV C
SECTION
Mr. Whitehead to the Marquess of Lansdowne.-(Received November 14.)
(No. 250.) My Lord,
Berlin, November 12, 1904. WITH reference to your Lordship's telegram No. 58 of the 7th instant, I have the honour to transmit herewith copy and translation of a note verbale which I have received from the Imperial Foreign Office, stating that the German Government are not satisfied with the proposed alterations in the Chinese Trade-mark Regulations, and that the German Ambassador in London has been instructed to approach your Lordship on the matter.
(Translation.)
I have, &c.
(Signed) J. B. WHITEHEAD.
Inclosure in No. 1.
Note Verbale.
THE Ministry for Foreign Affairs has the honour to inform the British Embassy, with reference to his Excellency the Ambassador's Memorandum left on the 8th instant on the question of the new Chinese Trade-mark Regulations, that the German Government do not consider that the changes proposed by the Chinese Government are calculated to protect those interested from the dangers which threaten them if these Regulations are already in force. It seems to the Imperial Government, therefore, now, as formerly, desirable that the adjournment of their coming into force should be obtained in Peking.
The Foreign Office has the honour to state that the Imperial Ambassador in London has been informed of this view, and has been instructed to approach the British Government in this sense.
Berlin, November 10, 1904.
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