Si M. Nathan has read the despatch.
Auxions that we should go as slow as possible. He is cautious & not commit Hongkong with love & care. Whether the Chinese government are in earnest, Mr. May's views are borne out by a leading article in today's Times, handed in.
"The Edicts in China are not to be taken at face value."
CONFIDENTIAL.
Hongkong.
My Lord,
C. D.
No. 17
D. 43
21539
Government House,
Hongkong, 15th May 1907.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Lordship's Confidential Despatch of the 20th February covering correspondence with regard to the proposals of the Chinese Government for gradually abolishing the use of Opium, and requesting the observations of this Government on those proposals of the Chinese Government which especially concern Hongkong.
Your Lordship adds that it is the desire of His Majesty's Government to meet the wishes of the Chinese Government in this matter as far as possible.
2.
The proposals which particularly concern this Colony are contained in the 4th paragraph of the Memorandum handed to His Majesty's Minister at Peking by the Wai Wu Pu on the 29th November last.
The first proposal is that this Government should strictly prohibit the boiling of Opium in Hongkong for export to China, and the second that His Majesty's
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FIDENTIAL.
Hongkong.
My Lord,
C. D.
ITVT
R17
D.43
21539
Government House,
357
Hongkong, 15th, Kay 1907.
I have the honour to acknowledge
the receipt of Your Lordship's Confidential Despatch of
FO 4729
the 20th. of February covering correspondence with regard
to the proposals of the Chinese Government for gradually
abolishing the use of Opium, and requesting the observa-
-tions of this Government on those proposals of the Chinese
Government which especially concern Hongkong.
Your Lordship adds that it is the
desire of His Majesty's Government to meet the wishes of
the Chinese Government in this matter as far as possible.
2.
The proposals which particularly
concern this Colony are contained in the 4th. paragraph of
the Memorandum handed to His Majesty's Minister at Peking
by the Wai Wu Pu on the 29th. of November last.
The first proposal is that this
Government should strictly prohibit the boiling of Opium
in Hongkong for export to China, and the second that His Majesty's
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF ELGIN, K.G.,
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