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Downing Street,
September, 1914.
Mr.
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Mr.
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Mr.
Mr.
Sir G. Fiddes.
Sir H. Just.
Sir J. Anderson.
Lord Emmetty Islington.
Mr. Harcourt.
Dear Sir Francis Picott,
Prott.
I have laid before Mr
Harcourt your letter of the 6th September
in which you make further representations
as to the attitude of the Colonial Office
in the matter of the appointment of Legal
Adviser to the Chinese Government.
2. Mr Harcourt authorises me to
say that the experience obtained by the
Foreign Office in your controversies with
Consular Officers and the friction which
Labt
you have invariably caused were the
reasons which led the Foreign Office, with
the