CO129-224 - Foreign Office - 1885 — Page 71

DOMESTIC.

V.0.

Stong Kong

No.

2088

IRED! 5700

REGO 6 FEB 85

69

fice or Individual.

seign office

Date.

1885

57740

t previous Paper.

to

2087

Arad (

((cofl) 10 Feb.

disposed of by

2130

7.0.

254

kt subsequent Paper.

7.0.

2130

(Subject.)

Export of Arms to China

Export of Armste is not frohibited

by Foreign Enlistment Act but the Law, allows capture on the high

fort intend to enforce

See also

(Minutes.)

of

Nations

seas & this remedy treach

Mr. Bramstim

2084

I submit talegram to Haughing in reply to 1958 8/331

Hnd. 67ab.

See 2130

? It would be superfluous, in any case,

to till the fovernor that he cannot interfere with export of arms under ther Foreign Enlistment Act, which he probably knows; what he does not know and wants to know the has telegraphed

two

as he asked also in 653064

three times about it) is whether HM. focal Ordinance H.M. for + desire him to prohibit Export

(he clearly means)

of aruns unde

referred to in 2130.

So the telegramn

drafted on this paper need not go, whatever, is decided in consequence of

45.107-

21307

S.W. I. 10 Feb.