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10/4/13 M
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March, 1913.
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My dear Selby,
Mr. Higham, M.P. and Mr. Theodore Taylor.M.P.
have each put down a notice for Wednesday the 23rd of
April, that they propose to call attention to the
opium traffic in the East and to move & resolution.
No doubt the Foreign Office and the India Office will
deal with these motions, but it is on the cards that
the Colonial Office may be dragged in by way of
Hong Kong or the Straits Settlements, and we are,
therefore, keen to know, if we can, precisely what
Lspects of the question are likely to be dealt with.
McLaren, our Parliamentary Private Secretary, is away
for a fortnight and I have no one else that I can
trouble, short of Mr. Harcourt himself. Very
possibly enquiry has already been made on behalf of
the Foreign Office as to the particular aspects of the
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