FOREIGN
OFFICE
FOREIGN OFFICE.
January
209
17
1911.
378/11)
Sir:-
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18 AN I
I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to ac-
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knowledge the receipt of your letter 38950 of the 3rd.
10 instant forwarding a copy of a despatch from the Gover-
nor of Hongkong respecting the illegal enforcement of
certain opium regulations by the Canton Viceroy and
their detrimental effect upon the Colony of Hongkong.
I am to state in reply that, as Mr. Secretary
Harcourt is no doubt aware from a perusal of the opium
Confidential Print supplied to your Department, the
Peking.
question continues to engage the serious attention both
of the Foreign Office and of His Majesty's Legation at
As recently as December 20th. last in a tele-
gran addressed to Sir John Jordan respecting the sudden
change of attitude on the part of the Chinese Govern-
ment regarding the proposed extension of the three
years arrangement for a further period of seven years,
stress was laid on the right of the Government of India
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
to