I enclose for your uniform copy of the correspondence which has taken place with the 7.0 upon this subject, you will observe the enclosure to your fax Ironside's Despatch of the 8th September, which is enclosed in the 7.0 letter of the 23rd.
It is clear that the Chinese government appear to be taking some steps with a view to putting down piracy on the West River.
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(Minutes.) I understand from the Library, that they have a copy of the lease of Port Arthur to Russia; but a summary of the terms will be found on pp. 27 and 28 of the Blue Book (C-9131)
Merewith. No such reservation is referred to there.
If the Chinese authorities had ventured to lease it to Russia they did so, Chinese jurisdiction in Kowloon would have been swept away long ago.
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