CO129-362 - Public Offices - 1909 — Page 21

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

AFFAIRS OF CHINA.

CONFIDENTIAL.

[15886]

(No. 79. Secret.)

£3208

19

[April 27.]

12 JUL OS

SECTION 2.

No. 1.

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

(Telegraphic.) P.

Peking, April 27, 1909.

CLAIM of Chinese Government to suzerain power over Bhutan.

I consider that in order to combat Chinese pretensions effectively, it is necessary

to conclude a treaty of the kind mentioned in your telegram No. 76. As you point out, the Chinese claim is shadowy.

[2243 dd-2]