Class Couleure
7
The
the first
referred to in the first parf
the
telegram from the Governor of HongKong
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another channel and perhaps in the
long run injure materially the trade
Nevertheless Mr. Bonar
of the 22nd of October, a copy of which
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of HongKong.
was sent to you in the letter from this
Law is prepared to give to the Governors
Department of the 6th instant, and it
appears to the Secretary of State
that these two letters should be booked at
Gouden
together and that any telegram to the
Governor of HongKong should also answer
his telegram above referred to.
3.
Wher
Pot Whether the action
which is now enjoined upon the Governors
of the Eastern Colonies takes the form of
an instruction to refuse transhipment on
the form indicated in the letter from
this Department of the 6th of November,
it will not escape Sir Edward Grey that
considerable annoyance may be given to
United States traders and that there is
every probability that the immediate effect
will be to drive the trade round by
(50994)
of the Eastern Colonies the instruc-
tions which are likely to be most
effective for the object which the
Foreign Office have in view.
4. The Secretary of State is
accordingly prepared to concur in the
draft telegram to Mr. Dering which
accompanies your letter of the 4th
+ to Land
instant, provided that concurrent
instructions are sent to the
Governors of Hongkong and the Straits
Conferin
Settlements so as to avoid any sike
at
Colocat
ports.
5. But the Governor of HongKong
at any rate will be looking for an
answer to his telegram of the 22nd of
((unter alia)
October on this
same question of
transhipment of goods in which the
another
property