[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government:]
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(Translation.)
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
Extract from the "Tsun Wan Yat Po" of March 27, 1908.
WARNING AGAINST RASHNESS.
WITH regard to the boycott of Japanese goods by the Chinese of Hong Kong, particulars of which have appeared in one of our previous issues, we have nothing further to report, except the following:-
A Chinese official has come to Hong Kong from Canton, and advised the Chinese not to take any rash measures to bring about this boycott, which might cause trouble and bring about the interference of the Hong Kong police.
Inclosure 3 in No. 1.
Extract from the "Sheung Po" of April 13, 1908.
THE SUPPRESSION OF PUBLICATION OF MATTERS CONCERNING JAPANESE BOYCOTT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG.
(Translation.)
YESTERDAY we received a letter from the Registrar-General stating that, "as the recent publication by various papers on the Japanese boycott in Hong Kong appears to be rather exciting in nature, he (the Registrar-General) hopes that in future all papers will be very careful as to what they publish, so as to avoid misleading the public."
This is the order of the Government, so we cannot but obey. In future the letters and news about the Japanese boycott with which we are favoured will only be published after careful consideration. We hope our readers will understand our regret, and recognize our sympathy even in our silence.
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Mr. O'Beirne to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received June 9.)
(No. 254. Confidential.) Sir,
St. Petersburgh, June 2, 1908. WITH reference to Sir C. MacDonald's telegram No. 38, Very Confidential, of the 13th ultimo, I have the honour to report that Baron Goto has left St. Petersburgh after a few days' stay. From inquiries that I have made, I think that there is good ground to believe that the Japanese Government have recently intimated their desire to acquire the portion of the Chinese Eastern Railway between Harbin and Kweng-Chang-tse, but that nothing has come of this idea. As to whether it has been seriously considered here I have received conflicting information. I heard from a person who should be well informed that the price offered by Japan was extremely low as compared with the cost of construction, a statement which would indicate that the proposal had been at any rate discussed.
On the other hand I heard, on the authority of a high official of the Railways Administration, that the Imperial Government altogether refused to entertain it.
Baron Goto himself, with whom I had some conversation, denied that there was any question of purchase, and stated that the object of his mission was simply to arrange certain matters of joint interest to the Japanese and the Russian Railway, such as traffic rates, &c. I understand that there is also a question of a new station at Kweng-Chang-tse, at which the projected line from Kirin should meet the Japanese and Russian systems.
I have, &c. (Signed) HUGH O'BEIRNE.
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government:]
32709
(Translation.)
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
Extract from the "Tsun Wan Yat Po" of March 27, 1908.
WARNING AGAINST RASHNESS.
WITH regard to the boycott of Japanese goods by the Chinese of Hong Kong, particulars of which have appeared in one of our previous issues, we have nothing further to report, except the following:-
A Chinese official has come to Hong Kong from Canton, and advised the Chinese not to take any rash measures to bring about this boycott, which might cause trouble and bring about the interference of the Hong Kong police.
Inclosure 3 in No. 1.
Extract from the "Sheung Po" of April 13, 1908.
THE SUPPRESSION OF PUBLICATION OF MATTERS CONCERNING JAPANESE BOYCOTT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG.
(Translation.)
YESTERDAY we received a letter from the Registrar-General stating that, "as the recent publication by various papers on the Japanese boycott in Hong Kong appears to be rather exciting in nature, he (the Registrar-General) hopes that in future all papers will be very careful as to what they publish, so as to avoid misleading the public."
This is the order of the Government, so we cannot but obey. In future the letters and news about the Japanese boycott with which we are favoured will only be published after careful consideration. We hope our readers will understand our regret, and recognize our sympathy even in our silence.
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[19620]
No. 1.
23 Jo
[June 9.]
SECTION 2,
749
Mr. O'Beirne to Sir Edward Grey.--(Received June 9.)
(No. 254. Confidential.) Sir,
St. Petersburgh, June 2, 1908. WITH reference to Sir C. MacDonald's telegram No. 38, Very Confidential, of the 13th ultimo, I have the honour to report that Baron Goto has left St. Petersburgh after a few days' stay. From inquiries that I have made, I think that there is good ground to believe that the Japanese Government have recently intimated their desire to acquire the portion of the Chinese Eastern Railway between Harbin and Kweng-Chang-tse, but that nothing has come of this idea. As to whether it has been seriously considered here I have received conflicting information. I heard from a person who should be well informed that the price offered by Japan was extremely low as compared with the cost of construction, a statement which would indicate that the proposal had been at any rate discussed.
On the other hand I heard, on the authority of a high official of the Railways Administration, that the Imperial Government altogether refused to entertain it.
Baron Goto himself, with whom I had some conversation, denied that there was any question of purchase, and stated that the object of his mission was simply to arrange certain matters of joint interest to the Japanese and the Russian Railway, such as traffic rates, &c. I understand that there is also a question of a new station at Kweng-Chang-tse, at which the projected line from Kirin should meet the Japanese and Russian systems.
I have, &c. (Signed) HUGH O'BEIRNE.
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