danger that any settlement effected with
the present Chinese Government might
subsequently be repudiated by a Chinese
Puppet Government controlled by Japan.
It seems, moreover, rather significant
that the Chinese, though desperately in
need of cash, have not themselves put
of this nature. forward any such suggestion Unless,
therefore, there are any recent
developments in our Far Eastern policy,
We Are
of which mignorant, which would make
it possible for a settlement of this
question to be included in some general
policy for more active assistance to China,
be
I confess that can see little advantage
and, indeed, considerable danger in raising
the question ourselves at the present time.
more
There seems little that we can
do in this matter until we have the Board
of Trade report. We hope to get this
fairly soon, and, when we do receive it,
we expect to be in a position to send you
an official despatch on this subject.