Peking.
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August 28,
No. 314.
RECO
1 confidential.
REG 11 NOV 14
Bir,
66126 300
19140V 1912
Pon No. 33. R 18, 1914.
Since the outbreak of war in Europe
the status of the foreign Concessions at the
Treaty Ports in China bas on several occasions
given rise to delicate questions. The American
Chargé d'Affaires acting at the instance of his
German Colleague, auggested at one time that all
the Concessions should be declared neutral ground
by the Diplomatiɑ Body, but finding that the idea
did not command itself to myself and several of
his other Colleagues, Hr. Madurray abandåned his
intention of making any formal proposal on the
subject.
Since then there have been persistent
but, I believe, quite unfounded rumours that the
Japanese intended to occupy the Genman Concession
The Right Honourable
Sir Edward Grey, Bart., K.G., M.P.,
at
etc.
ate.
etc.