F.O.
Mr. Ingram.
(292/5F)
British Legation,
i eking.
10th December, 1930.
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F.V. Maze Esq.,
Dear dr. Maze,
I am much obliged to you for your private and
confidential letter of November 11th, which was
received during my absence at Nanking, and that of
December 4th, which reached me a few hours only
before I left Nanking to return here on December 5th.
I feel sure that, failing the appointment of
a British commissioner, the choice of de Luca for
the Tientsin post sho ld prove an excellent one, and
that he will be popular with the community there. The
fact that the Young Marshal is pre-disposed in his favour
is certainly an asɛet.
The failure of the lenary Session to ratify the
Customs agreement owing to the opposition of certain
interests in Canton, just when a satisfactory solution
to this vexatious and ever- recurring question seemed
at last to have been fo nd, is indeed disappointing
and I very much hope your belief that the difficulty
may be only transient will be justified. It would be
a grut pity if so much excellent work were ag in
brought to nought by the multiplicity of the interests
and considerations involved in this problem.
I am glad to see the Shanghai revenue figures for
November already begin to show the effects of the return
to normal internal conditions, and I trust this improveme
which is bound to be a gradual one for the first few
months, will be allowed to continue.
Inspector-General of Custome,
Shanghai.
Yours sincerely,
(GD) MILES LAMPSON
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