CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909 — Page 436

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

AFFAIRS OF CHINA.

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[December 17.]

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Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-Received December 17.)

(No. 202.) (Telegraphic.) P.

Peking, December 17, 1908. THE withdrawal of Japanese troops, as to which I reported in my telegram No. 159 of the 5th October, will be begun to-morrow morning, when four companies are to sail for Japan.

The Japanese forces in North China will then consist of two companies at Tien-tsin and one at Peking.

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