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At the same time it appears necessary to mention that the consent in writing of His Majesty's Minister or Chargé d'Affaires must be obtained on each occasion, which consent will be given as a matter of course in consequence of the assurance contained in your note under reply that effectual provision exists for the punishment in the United States' Consular Courts in China of infringement, by such persons as come under the jurisdiction of those Courts, of the trade-marks of British subjects which shall have been duly registered in the United States of America.

I have, &c.

(Signed) E. SATOW.

[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.j

CHINA TRADE.

CONFIDENTIAL,

No. 1.

[September 4.]

SECTION 1.

255

Mr. Paget to the Marquess of Lansdowne.--(Received September 4.) (No. 59.)

Bangkok, August 2, 1905. My Lord,

I HAVE the honour to report that the boycott, lately instituted by Chinese merchants in China against American firms and goods in retaliation for the severity of the United States' Exclusion Laws, has been enthusiastically taken up by the Chinese in Bangkok. Several numerously-attended meetings have already been held, at which the Chinese firms have pledged themselves not to have any dealings in American goods or with American firms.

I inclose an extract from the "Siam Observer" of yesterday's date,* showing that at a meeting held yesterday even coolics were warned not to assist in handling American goods.

American trade in Siam is altogether inconsiderable, and the only industries that may be affected by the boycott are the British-American Tobacco Company, the Standard Oil Company, and sewing machines.

I have, &c. (Signed) RALPH PAGET.

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