CO129-344 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907 — Page 608

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TALY ON AIK BOI TAJOSISÃO &'ÇOT9DLY BE

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with those engagements, I have thought it well to keep

Bind din cibard biwow ne sæËS

M. Casenave fully and frankly informed of the Viceroy's

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attitude and of the views hold by Mr. Fraser and "r. Hillier

se nado adofiam ufus erte nabod sit RINORS

K. Cazenave clearly sees the delicacy of the situation

ad cepitet er no

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teiner af besonib ad træt a

and the possibility that the Vicercy may use the incident

as a pretext før receding from his engagements to us.

He, therefore, telegraphed to the Banque de l'Indo Chine

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informing them of what had occurred

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augoating that some

compromise might be arrived at. On the 21st he received

a reply in the following terms: "Le Ministre des Affaires

Etrangères a été saisi de la question. Il est inadmissible

que le Vicerci refuse participation si nous

se-xes mêmes

nous sommes d'accord avec les Anglais. En conséquence

il importe ce savoir quelle est la cause de l'obet ination

nivatko misse sabio unb Mid To

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begynte que von/vnde of reotype rele *rokrmovat

vee miehen od at en of berp

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du Viceroi. Le Gouvernement francais s'oppose à tout

changement des accords anglofrancais".

I duly informed Er. Fraser of this and added that

in the circumstances it seemed to me that nothing could be

done here until some fresh arrangement had been come to

at home.

Yeanwhile the situation has been further complicated

by