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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
Roof 23 NOV 09
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[September 14.]
SECTION 1.
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No. 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received September 14.)
(No. 150.) (Telegraphic.) P.
Peking, September 14, 1909.
MACAO. Your telegram No. 148 of the 13th instant. On the 10th September I had an interview with the Wai-wu Pu, baving been asked to do so by the Portuguese Commissioner, who appeared somewhat more sanguine than hitherto as to a satisfactory issue of the negotiations. According to present arrangements, I shall have a further interview on the 16th instant with Na-t'ung.
The proposed arbitration which you submit to me in your telegram No. 148 of yesterday's date seems to be certainly the best way of meeting the case. It would be advisable to wait until the negotiations are at a standstill; the Portuguese should then take the opportunity of proposing arbitration to the Chinese, the request being supported by this legation.
(Confidential.)
Liang Tun-yen communicated to me yesterday through a common friend a proposal for the purchase of Macao by China as a possible solution of the difficulty, but I could not treat such a scheme as worthy of serious consideration.
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