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(To accompany no. 6.)
H. B. M. Consulate-General,
Canton,
December 21st, 1914.
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dold enotetseb bas adinoz Iszeves not exotnomii zatqcide ins
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skoly sit dit dood bresas ni ed Iltv aaoljoutjent doub
Todainik feltina eda yd beɛɛctyze y[botseqoz neod ovad dɔidw
„dðist boog in etnomartuper edd ddiw osla ne Mezqucy bas
1-2 oved I
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sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your
communication of the 18th instant on the subject of limestone,
but I regret to find that you therein completely ignore the
statements put forward in my despatch of November 27th which
went to prove that the claim had not been abandoned.
As regards the argument that the Green Island Company
could make purchases of stone after September 22nd, 1913, but
refrained from doing so, I would once more point out that the
action of the provincial authorities was such as to prevent
export being resumed until nine months later. An assurance
that export was once more permitted cannot be placed against
the fact that latent obstruction and manoeuvres on the part
of officials rendered it nugatory. In the course of the
proceedings taken against the late Commissioner of Industry
some light may have been thrown on the causes which were at
work, but whatever they were, their practical effect was to
prolong an intolerable situation. If subordinates of the
Government seek to thwart the policy of their superiors, that
is, of course, no concern of outaiders. It is the duty of
the latter to see that treaty provisions are carried out, and
it is they who must be held responsible for any breaches there-
of.
This claim is based entirely on the wrongful acts
of the Provincial Government, firstly by issuing a proclamation
contrary