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Inclosure 3 in No. 1.
(This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
Government of Burmah to Government of India.
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Rangoon, December 27, 1906.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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[May 4.]
SECTION 2.
(Telegraphic.)
YOUR telegram of the 24th instant.
Consul, Tengyueh, wires, dated the 26th December :---
Following from Consul, Yünnan :---
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Following from His Majesty's Representative at Peking, dated the 9th December :-
"""Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs desires me to instruct you that you should, unless there is serious opposition, treat reconnaissance as an integral part of the last year's survey, and intimate protection similar to that accorded last year is expected."
"I communicated to Governor-General, 15th December, substance of above, omitting the words 'unless.
opposition."
I have telegraphed, 24th December:-
""Two Directors, falsely signing for Notables generally, have telegraphed to Wai-wu Pu protest against reconnaissance on the ground that, since last year's survey, their exclusively Chinese Railway Company has been established. They hint at forcible resistance.
* Establishment of Chinese Railway Company, after the Governor-General had agreed to discuss proposals of the Government of India, and before the discussion, was an affront on His Majesty's Government, and we cannot recognize any such Railway Company.'
"I have telegraphed, 25th December :---
"I have received the Governor-General's reply to my despatch of the 15th December. Reply embodies a Petition from the Directors in the sense of their telegram to the Wai-wu Pu, but without their threat. Governor-General invites me meet them to-morrow, in order to convince myself of the popular desire for exclusive Chinese construction.
Propose to answer in the sense of the last paragraph of my immediately preceding telegram. True popular desire is for construction by us, but it would be useless to affirm this, as they would manufacture false evidence to the contrary. Delay only encourages their pretensions, while withdrawal would seriously impair our prestige.
Earnestly urge prompt insistence on complete equality with the French, otherwise latter will be arbiters of Yünnan.""
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No. 1.
Foreign Office to India Office.
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Foreign Office, May 4, 1907. Sir,
WITH reference to the letter from this Office of the 7th December, 1906, directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit to you herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of State for India, a copy of a despatch from His Majesty's Minister at Peking,* in which it is proposed to extend to British municipalities in China, other than those at Shanghae and Tien-tsin, the notification contained in Sir J. Jordan's despatch No. 414 of the 15th October, 1906, relative to the recruitment of natives of India for police work in China.
It will be observed that Sir J. Jordan is in communication with the Government of India on the subject.
On the receipt from His Majesty's Legation of the views of that Government, a farther communication will be addressed to you on the matter.
I am, however, to state the suggestion of Mr. Consul-General Fraser to extend the power of deportation from China of British Indian subjects does not commend itself to Sir E. Grey.
I am to add that the draft King's Regulations inclosed in Sir J. Jordan's despatch have been amended, and he has been requested to issue them in their amended form, a copy of which is inclosed for information.†
your
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I am, &c. (Signed) F. A. CAMPBELL.
* Sir J. Jordan, No. 37, January 22, 1967. † Printed separately.
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