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CHINA.
MILITARY.
Paraphrase of a telegram from Mr.Alston (Pexing)
No.372.
B
December 11th,
1916.
With reference to your telegram No.245.
A few days ago Portuguese Minister told me in
connection with occurrences at Macao over thich he was
somewhat excited that he feared development of a
situation similar to that of 1900.
Tientsin incident and other matters mentioned in
my telegram No.369 (1) are answerable for impudent and
anti-Ally attitude of Press to which I and some of my
colleagues have made independent representations to
Chinese Government,
when meeting the Allies' representatives to-day,
I took the opportunity to mention the subject and they
agreed with me that there is nothing unusual in the
situation apart from the incidents above referred to ?
though the Chinese Government is being led through fear
of crisis in Parliament to adopt in all questions
affecting foreign interests a difficult attitude assum-
ing presumably that the attention of the Governments con-
cerned is monopolized by the situation in Europe,
With regard to the situation at Macao I am in com-
munication with Governor at Hong Kong and His Majesty's
Consul General at Canton.