In any further communication
on this subject, please quote
Na.
sad address-
F 4582/194/10.
not to any person by name,
But to-
The Under-Secretary of State,"
Foreign Office,
London, B.W.1.
RGENT.
Sir:-
私
CONFIDENTIAL
O.
FOREIGN OFFICE.,
S.W.1.
43216
23rd September 1925.
24 SEP 25
With reference to your letter No. 41716/25 of
September 15th, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain
to state that he has given careful consideration to the
proposals advanced by the Governor of Hongkong in his
telegram of September 12th, regarding the measures to be taken against the Bolshevist régime at Canton,
2.
Mr. Chamberlain is unwilling to take a decision
on a matter of such importance without full knowledge
as to the probable effect of the proposed action on
Canton and on the rest of China. He would suggest
therefore that Sir R. Stubbs be instructed to repeat
his proposals to His Majesty's Chargé d'Affairea at
Peking and to His Majesty's Consul General at Canton,
requesting each to send his observations thereon
direct to the Foreign Office His Majesty's Consul
General at Canton repeating to Peking the telegram
which he will address to Mr. Chamberlain.
Mr.
Chamberlain considers that, in order to facilitate
the despatch of business, similar procedure might
be followed on future occasions, when the Government
of Hongkong recommend to His Majesty's Government a
line of policy affecting the general situation in China,
I am,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
Solvathlon
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
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