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of integrity, but he cannot be compared with Chang Chih-tung, Yuan Shih-kai, or other Chinese who have held Cabinet rank in recent years.
The Senate, therefore, is attacking not merely a system which is out of keeping with the progress of the times, but a body of men none of whom command any influence or respect in the country.
It is unlikely, therefore, that the Prince Regent will persevere in a struggle which might conceivably precipitate a serious crisis, and doubtless some compromise will be found to tide over the few remaining weeks of the Assembly's session.
I have, &c.
J. N. JORDAN.
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AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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[January 7.]
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Sir,
Foreign Office to Colonial Office.
Foreign Office, January 7, 1911,
I AM directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st ultimo, forwarding a copy of a despatch from the Officer administering the Government of Hong Kong with reference to the advisability, in connection with the construction of the Canton-Kowloon Railway, of claiming without delay similar facilities for the trade between Hong Kong and China as are enjoyed by France and Russia in respect of the trade with China across their land frontiers.
A copy of your letter, with its enclosures, has been forwarded to His Majesty's Minister at Peking, and Sir J. Jordan has been asked to furnish his views upon the suggestion contained in Sir F. May's despatch.
I am, &c.
F. A. CAMPBELL.
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