CO129-344 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907 — Page 440

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CHINA TRADE.

CONFIDENTIAL.

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No. 1.

Question asked in the House of Commons, June 4, 1907.

Mr. Rees,--To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Anti-opium Edict is of the same character, force, and validity as the ordinary official Edicts of the Chinese Government.

Answer.

As far as I am aware, the reply to the honourable Member's question is in the affirmative.

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