reasons which
ment of arsenal stores dastiã
I have the honour to furt
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patch from the Officer administer"
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of
Colony informing me of an arrang em en t
fang, one of the terms of which would be th
at crea.
Mr Severn'a despatch reached me tha day i
May 5th had been addressed to the Chinese Govern
24th/name of the various Government, notifying them of
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of $10.
bition of import of all arms and ammunition into China, until
a stable Government has been established. It was therefore
obviously impossible that the contemplated release could be allowed to proceed, and I accordingly telegraphed to Hongkong informing Er Bevern of the position.
It is a matter of regret that I was not informed earlier
of the step contemplated by the Government of liongkong, for I could then have warned them against proceeding further with tha di scussion of the project.
As regards the incident which gave rise to the present correspondence, e.g. the forcible removal of the interned Chiner
te Right Honourable
Earl Curzon of Kedleston, K.0., 0.0.3.1.,
etc.
etc.
FOREIGN
etc.,
OFFICE
gunboat/