CO129-224 - Foreign Office - 1885 — Page 74

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Date.

1885

6 Feb

ast previous Paper.

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Food (coufl ) 10 Tab.

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to

BRAZ

Hong Kong

N 2/30

(Subject.)

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DOMESTIC.

C. O.

2130 72

REGE 6 FEB 85)

Landing of Warlike Materials destined

for China by a fermon Vessel

Copy of note from French

Ambassador reporting & suggesting that the

export of arms should be prohibited by Roclamations similal to that issued on

6 March 1884

(Minutes.)

M. Bramstin

The 7.0. told us in a

letter received

this morning (2088) that wecould not prohibit the Export of arms

under

the for. Enlistment Act & that the French hands were had the remedy in their own Soming to adopt it viz search of neutral vessels for contraband of war)

Our promulgation forbidding export Jarms to help (hina from her own rebellions subjects is no

do

precedent:

for into helping Trance against (ining, although the Ord. 3 of 1862 (copykanexe)) taken by itself

such

way

referred to would tasty permit

Proclamat The cover of tharch 1884, alluded to reported in 647%

but the probe tim

was soon removed (dee 6530).

See minutes.

16192/78, from which it