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Japanese, American and German Colleagues, I gather that
the Viceroy's unexpectedly favourable pronouncement
on the "Fatshan" case, taken in conjunction with his
recont large donation to the Hongkong University,
considered to imply a diplomatic success for the British
in Canton, for which I am held in some measure reg-
ponsible.
are
The Portuguese Consul-General's difficulties
with the Chinese authorities are, I vonture to think,
largely attributable to his failure to keep on friendly
terms with the Viceroy.
He has not, to my knowledge, had one single
interview with the Viceroy since the "Fatehan" case
started, and on the one accasion when, at my suggestion,
he asked for an interview, five months ago, the Viceroy,
unfortunately, refused to see him.
I am convinced that had M. de Moraes, from the
outset, negotiated personally with the Viceroy with regard
to the trial of the watchman Noronha, a compromise
would