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

218 JUN 09

AFFAIRS OF CHINA,

CONFIDENTIAL.

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No. 1.

502

[March 29.]

SECTION 5.

Sir J, Jordan to Sir Edward Grey-(Received March 29.)

(No. 72.) (Telegraphic.) P.

Peking, March 29, 1909. THE Japanese Minister gives me to understand that his Government has rejected the Chinese proposal to submit to the arbitration of The Hague Tribunal the various points of difference between the two countries in Manchuria, such as the Kantao, Fakumen, and other questions.

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