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

AFFAIRS OF CHINA.

CONFIDENTIAL.

[November 27.]

SECTION 1.

No. 1.

Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received November 27.)

[39110]

(No. 204.) (Telegraphic.) P.

SHANGHAE riots.

Please see your telegram No. 125 of the 20th instant.

Peking, November 26, 1907.

Letter has reached Consul-General from the Taotai in which draft for 50,000 dollars on behalf of ex-Taotai Yuan in full settlement of British claims is inclosed. Chinese Government shall be officially notified by me of settlement of case.

[39111]

No. 2.

Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.~(Received November 27.)

(Telegraphic.) P.

(No. 205.)

RETENTION of troops at Tongshan.

Peking, November 27, 1907.

On the receipt of your telegram No. 127 of the 23rd instant, I consulted the General Officer Commanding the British troops on the subject. We are of opinion that in view of the fact that the dispute between the Viceroy of Chihli and the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company is no longer in an acute state, it is unnecessary to retain troops at Tongshan,

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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.] AFFAIRS OF CHINA. CONFIDENTIAL. [November 27.] SECTION 1. No. 1. Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received November 27.) [39110] (No. 204.) (Telegraphic.) P. SHANGHAE riots. Please see your telegram No. 125 of the 20th instant. Peking, November 26, 1907. Letter has reached Consul-General from the Taotai in which draft for 50,000 dollars on behalf of ex-Taotai Yuan in full settlement of British claims is inclosed. Chinese Government shall be officially notified by me of settlement of case. [39111] No. 2. Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.~(Received November 27.) (Telegraphic.) P. (No. 205.) RETENTION of troops at Tongshan. Peking, November 27, 1907. On the receipt of your telegram No. 127 of the 23rd instant, I consulted the General Officer Commanding the British troops on the subject. We are of opinion that in view of the fact that the dispute between the Viceroy of Chihli and the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company is no longer in an acute state, it is unnecessary to retain troops at Tongshan, [2732 dd-1] Page 419 Page 419 three lines are kept as original to delineate page information. However, to strictly follow the format and the instruction of using HTML with for paragraphs, the corrected version is provided as is, without the exact page number lines as per the original scan. If more context or exact reproduction is needed, further clarification would be required.

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