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down in the Treaty, and I must warn your Highness that this prolonged delay in the fulfilment of a plain and simple Treaty provision is certain to be viewed by public opinion in Great Britain in a manner damaging to China's good name and credit.
I avail, &c.
(Signed)
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA TRADE,
CONFIDENTIAL.
ERNEST SATOW.
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[August 18.]
SECTION 1.C O
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Your Highness,
Mr. Carnegie to Prince Ching.
Peking, August 16, 1906.
I HAVE the honour to refer your Highness to Sir E. Satow's note of the 23rd January last and subsequent correspondence, and to point out that next month the limit of time mentioned in Article IX of the Commercial Treaty of the 5th September, 1902, within which the new Mining Regulations should have been issued, will be exceeded by three whole years. I am instructed by His Majesty's Government to urge this matter on your Highness' notice, and to again request the prompt issue of satisfactory Regulations in accordance with the Treaty stipulation.
I avail, &c.
(Signed) L. D. CARNEGIE.
Mr. Carnegie to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received August 18.) (No. 154.)
[P NOV 06] (Telegraphic.) P.
Peking, August 18, 1906.
IN accordance with the instructions contained in your telegram No. 145 of the 11th August, I addressed a note to the Chinese Government respecting customs in Manchuria. Representations in the same sense have been made both by my American and Japanese colleagues.
Yesterday I verbally supported this note at the Wai-wu Pu, and was informed that proposals would be made to the Russian Minister when a report was received in regard to the establishment of customs in the north from the Chinese officials in Manchuria, who were being consulted.
Strong doubts as to Japan's good faith in respect to Southern Manchuria were implied by Tong, who was spokesman. The conditions for restoring the administration of Newchwang to the Chinese Government proposed by Japan were such, he stated, that China would prefer to leave the place in her hands if they were insisted upon. What they were, he declined to say. He sharply criticised the manner in which Japan was treating the question of repaying the customs duties which were collected during the military occupation. He said that a balance of nearly 200,000, was in the hands of Russia, who was ready to hand it over simultaneously with Japan's payment of her collection, but it was now alleged by the latter that expenditure on improvements at Newchwang had absorbed all the money.
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down in the Treaty, and I must warn your Highness that this prolonged delay in the fulfilment of a plain and simple Treaty provision is certain to be viewed by publie opinion in Great Britain in a manner damaging to China's good name and credit.
I avail, &c.
(Signed)
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA TRADE,
JONFIDENTIAL.
ERNEST SATOW.
[28231]
No. 1.
[August 18.]
SECTION 1.C O
41158
REC
Your Highness,
Mr. Carnegie to Prince Ching.
Peking, August 16, 1906. I HAVE the honour to refer your Highness to Sir E. Satow's note of the 23rd January last and subsequent correspondence, and to point out that next month the limit of time mentioned in Article IX of the Commercial Treaty of the 5th September, 1902, within which the new Mining Regulations should have been issued, will be exceeded by three whole years. I am instructed by His Majesty's Government to urge this matter on your Highness' notice, and to again request the prompt issne of satisfactory Regulations in accordance with the Treaty stipulation.
I avail, &c.
(Signed) L. D. CARNEGIE.
Mr. Carnegie to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received August 18.) (No. 154.)
[P NOV 06) (Telegraphic.) P.
Peking, August 18, 1906. IN accordance with the instructions contained in your telegram No. 145 of the 11th August, I addressed a note to the Chinese Government respecting customs in Manchuria. Representations in the same sense have been made both by my American and Japanese colleagues.
Yesterday I verbally supported this note at the Wai-wu Pu, and was informed that proposals would be made to the Russian Minister when a report was received in regard to the establishment of customs in the north from the Chinese officials in Manchuria, who were being consulted.
Strong doubts as to Japan's good faith in respect to Southern Manchuria were implied by Tong, who was spokesman. The conditions for restoring the administration of Newchwang to the Chinese Government proposed by Japan were such, he stated, that China would prefer to leave the place in her hands if they were insisted upon. What they were, he declined to say. He sharply criticised the manner in which Japan was treating the question of repaying the customs duties which were collected during the military occupation. He said that a balance of nearly 200,000, was in the hands of Russia, who was ready to hand it over simultaneously with Japan's payment of her collection, but it was now alleged by the latter that expenditure on improve- ments at Newchwang had absorbed all the money.
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