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Decypher. Mr. D'Malley, (Peking).
2nd December 1926.
D.
9.40 p.m. 2nd December 1926.
P.0.
No. 486.
R. 9.0 a.m. 3rd December 1926.
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Your dengaten No.361.
Difficulty in the way of your (group omitted) has
lain hitherto in objections of my colleagues rather than of Inspector General who has felt unable to sacrifice
their wishes to ours. I therefore first approached
United States Minister. Ilia ensueru to your arguments
which I developed fully wore:-
1. That futile protests against illegal taxes
showed less weekness and exercised more restraining
influence on slamming tendency of both Canton and Peking governments to disregard foreign rights. In reply I pointed out that mild remonstrance of diplomatic body against Canton taxes had been received with ignonday and that (group omitted) followed by immediate prospect of similar taxes in Hankow; adding that I thought it ung that you would agree to join in similar futile protests which without your support would lose any force the unanimity of the treaty powers might, according to his
ideas, have lent them. Latter point seemed to make some
impression on him.
2. That Hankow and Canton represented only some 17 per cent of customs receipts and that Chinsee would experience insuperable difficulties in freezing out maritime customs at Shanghai, Tientsin, and Dairen where
custom
din
ade