CO129-344 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907 — Page 537

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

AFFAIRS OF CHINA.

CONFIDENTIAL.

[22876]

No. 1.

271

[July 10,1

JUL 07

8BCTION 2.

Sir J, Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received July 10.)

(No. 136.) (Telegraphic.) P.

I HAVE received a report from His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton, stating

Peking, July 10, 1907. that on the 6th instant the British launch was the victim of a piratical attack about nine miles from Canton. The total losses of launch, crew, and passengers amount to about 400 dollars. No lives were lost. He has asked for my support in pressing energetically for the immediate payment of the claim, and I have given him my authorization to do so.

Further, I have informed the Wai-wu Pu that I shall be obliged to place the case in the hands of His Majesty's Government, unless immediate steps are taken for the satisfaction of the claims and the arrest of the pirates.

In my opinion, vigorous action is justified on this occasion by the persistent neglect, which the Chinese Government have displayed in enforcing the scheme, which I reported to you in my despatch No. 208.

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