CO129-367 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [6-7] — Page 580

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CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, PEKING.

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-atrimba Teoi110 ant yonelleoza BiH to notdewrotni að 70%

bedotsqseb margelet a to ygoo boy bred of ged I nemrevoð edt gatzet,

Jmeaeng erit fitlw gatiseb gaide de aerïtsttà'{ @grarío a*M.8.H ot

antravoo yo to yqoo 3 oala bra (ebert muiqgo won edt al noijautie

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Kwangtung Opium Tax and regulations still in force, there are no indications of withdrawal. Viceroy disregards fai-Wu-Pu's instructions. Merchants are suffering enormous losses. Situation becoming unbearable. Financial failures apprehended. We look to Your Excellency to make China indemnify merchants for losses sustained. Feyently appeal to Your Excellency to bring about immediate withdrawal. Further delay disatrous. System has been

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extended Swatow, opium bearing transit pass seized for payment illegal tax. Fear extension elsewhere. Tax and regulations admitted on all sides distinct breach of Treaty.

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