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Officers appointed to investigate Military Matters.

Liang Pi (brigade-general, 1st brigade Imperial guards).

Wên Hua (inspector of ordnance).

Yao Pao-lai.

Pêng Tsan-ch'ang.

(Lieutenant-colonel) Liu En-yuan. (N.B.-Speaks a little English).

Tien Hsien-chang.

Chang Ch'ing-t'ung.

Tang Pao chao.

Chông Ching pang

Hsu Chih-shan.

Tung Chang.

Interpreters to Mission.

Secretaries.

Attachés.

(Lieutenant-colonel) Chiang Shao-yuan. (N.B.-Speaks English well; reported in charge of travelling arrangements).

Wu Wei-yu.

Special Attaché to Japan only.

T'an Hsio-k'uei.

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

AFFAIRS OF CHINA.

CONFIDENTIAL.

[April 14,

CO

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SECTION 12 MAY 10,

[12862]

(No. 62.)

No. 1.

Sir Edward Grey to Mr. Mac Müller. (Telegraphic.) R.

Foreign Office, April 14, 1910. CHINESE Minister has urged strongly that removal of Bredon from an active to a nominal post is taken with desire to be agreeable to us, and that it will soon be apparent that he does not control Customs.

I have replied that, if new post is really nominal, there was no need to appoint him to Revenue Board, which controls Customs; that this appointment has produced impression at Peking that Chinese Government are acting disagreeably to us, and that I do not see how this impression can be removed, except by Bredon being appointed somewhere else.

Minister appealed to end of to-day's Peking telegram in "Times" as proving that impression at Peking was satisfactory. I said you were not at all satisfied, and I could only regard our conversation to-day as having made no progress.

With regard to Chinese Mining and Engineering Company, I said I understood that, if negotiations failed, Chinese would agree to arbitration on whole case, which I thought it fair should include validity of title. I also wished it to be understood that Chinese would not take aggressive action and attack Portuguese territory without resorting to arbitration. Portuguese, of course, must not disturb status quo or provoke attack.

I gather from your telegram No. 70 [of 12th instant] that Chinese Mining and Engineering Company question is now on satisfactory footing, But I think Chinese should also agree to position as regards future contingencies at Macao, as put in this telegram, and we shall certainly decline to receive Chinese Prince till we are assured by you that arrangements about Bredon are satisfactory.

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