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Bewick,Loreing Co.,
(81)
62 London All,
C.O.
London. E.O...
9th Sept. 1918.
48511
REC2
✰.
RED 9 OCT 18
Cir,
Coal and Iron Mines. China
We have recently been receiving important com.unications with regard to the above from ir. ...Loore Bennett, the Lanaging Director of the Anglo-Chinese Engineers' ssociation, Ltd., which latter acts as our General Agents in China.
Ir.Moore Bennett writes to us from Pekin under
date July 13th as follows :-
"Both factions Lung Che Kuang representing the North, and Tong Shao Yi representing the South, are trying to pledge the mines of Kuang tung to Japan for arms and money to filt one another, and if either of them is successful it will put Hongkong under the necessity of either buying their coal and iron from Japanese works in Kuangtung, or being entirely cut off. Therefore the matter is coming up in an acute form,
and I have seen the Legation and given a signed statement as enclosed."
You will no doubt have received, or will receive, a copy of ar..oore Bennett's statement to r.
The Under Secretary of State,
for Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Office, S.7.1.
Rose