of pressure and is only preliminary; and that it is not suited to the present attirad Conditions of Chiese policy and public opcision "
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I replied
as follows:
"Your telegram of August 21,". Private Cettar
bardary
firm re dated August 18th is on its you. On its receipt you should see keery again
huns the considerations contained in it
and urge on
The Chuise government is of couse? bound by the pretuiciary agrament signed by Sheng duly
authorised and the consent of his prideœasor
was not necessary.
I do not wish to autagonist the Viceroy.
le minst try to persuade tuin to recogni the justice of our
and the binding
fores
of the preliminary Agrement.
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I do not propore officially to take any notice of the Viceroy's telegram but I shall läka
larly opportunity of mentioning it as mndicating a wrong judquent on these things.
In a free days I shall probably be able to address the Chinese government officially acking for the appointment of a negotiator.
In the Canton Consular archives there exireto a paper which demonstrates that the present Viceroy's predecessor was cognisant of the arrangement for a prebuiuiary Agraiment. I have instructed Scolt to show this to the Weeroy
You
a copy. I wrote is
aut to send
you. On August 18th explaning my raw of the situation
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