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[November 29, 1907]
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AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
(38025)
No. 1.
SECTION 2.
24 NOV 08
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey,—(Received November 2.)
Peking, September 14, 1908.
(No. 413.) Sir,
I HAVE the honour to report that the Nepalese Envoy left Peking on the 11th instant by special train for Tien-tsin, where he proposes to stay a few days before starting on his homeward journey. The Envoy, whom I saw off at the station, told me that he had obtained special permission from the Chinese Government to pay a visit to Tien-tsin and to travel thence by train to Honan, whence he will proceed overland viâ Chengtu.
The Envoy and the principal members of his staff were all dressed when leaving in Chinese official costume and wore the decorations which had been conferred upon them by the Emperor. A Chinese guard of honour was at the station, but no Chinese official of any standing was present, and the Envoy's departure, like his reception generally, was attended with scant ceremony.
I furnished the Envoy with a letter of introduction to His Majesty's Consul-General at Tien-tsin, by whom he was met there on his arrival, and with similar letters of recommendation to His Majesty's Consul-General at Chengtu and to the members of the various British missionary communities in the districts through which he will pass on his overland journey.
The relations between the Nepalese Mission and this Legation have been very friendly, and the Envoy expressed his appreciation of the attention that had been shown to him.
I am sending a copy of this despatch to the Government of India.
I have, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN.
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