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Enclos in Sir J. Jordan's 2° 363 of July 24. 1907
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The Dean of the Diplomatic Body to H.I.R. the ringe of Ching.
Imperial Highness,
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The serious disabilities under which foreign trade
in China has been labouring by reason of the incessant and often
violent fluctuations in the gold value of silver, are well known
to the Imperial Goverment of China, and remedial measures, parti-
cularly the early adoption of a uniform coinage, have, we are
aware, received its careful attention within the last few years; **
none have, however, we believe, met with its aproval, and the
difficulty of the situation appears to be increasing, and proves
ever more disturbing to foreign commercial interests in China.
The gravity of the situation thus ørested, and the
difficulty in which the Foreign Representatives at Peking find
themselves to reassure their nationals and to hold out to then
hopes for a betterment, have led them to request me to address
Your Imperial Highness on the subject, and to ask if it be not
possible that some assurance be given them that the measures
now under consideration for the adoption of an uniform coinage
are such that a favourable and early solution of the question
can be hoped for. Such assurances they could in turn communicate to the commercial bodies engaged in the China trade, and they would unquestionably allay all apprehension on that point, and
re-establish confidence
of every nature.
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so essential to commercial undertakings
Trusting that Your Imperial Highness will be in a Position to suply the Diplomatic Body the information it desires, I avail my self of this opportunity to renew to Your Imperial Highness the assurance of my highest consideration.
The dean of the diplomatic body.