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Matuller (13th. October, 1910). He sympathizes with the

Chinese complaint that "the British Government although

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they have promised their assistance, yet ask us to abstain

from exercising supervision and control" (6th. October,

1910), and although under instructions from Mr. Maxuller

he formally protested (25th. June, 1910) against the

regulations

(a). as imposing charges on Raw Opium in a

Treaty Port additional to those sanctioned by the Addition-

-al Article of the Chefoo Convention:

(b). as obliging purchasers to boil within 3 days:

(c). because the levy being in the hands of

Opium Merchants partakes of a Monopoly:

(d). because of the decennial arrangement with

India

I infer that he considers these grounds to be of doubtful

validity. He seems to me to fail to discriminate between

the perfect right, and indeed obligation, which China has

of increasing the price of Native Opium, and hampering its

sale and consumption in every way in her power,

equal obligation which lies upon her to observe the

Treaties regarding Foreign Opium the total extinction of

and the

which was as Sir John Jordan pointed out (enclosure 6 to

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