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The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
Confidential.
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1G 13 JUN 07,
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FOREIGN OFFICE
June
12 1907.
Sir:-
On the receipt of your letter marked "Confiden-
Gov-
tiel and Immediate* 19429/1907 of the 3rd instant,
telegram, a copy of which is inclosed, was addressed
to His Majesty's Minister at Peking regarding the
suggestion made by the Officer Administering the
Government of Hongkong that a protest should be made
against the re-appointment of Shum Chun as Viceroy of
Canton.
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to trans-
mit herewith, for the information of the Secretary
of State for the Colonies, a copy of Sir J. Jordan's
reply stating that he considers that a protest is not
advisable as it would have little chance of being
successful unless backed up by threat of force, and
Shum would only be made yet more hostile by abortive
interference. Sir J. Jordan adds that as Shum's
The Under Secretary of state,
Colonial Office.
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