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in driving the white man's commerce out of China and
diminishing his prestige in the Far East.
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Before leaving
Hong Kong, in my last secret despatch to you about Japan,
I wrote fully on this subject. I still think that British
and Japanese policy in the Far East might be reconciled
and that such reconciliation would be the best thing that
could happen both from a British and a Chinese point of
view. But the present trend of our foreign policy takes
us further and further away from Japan.
Yours sincerely,