CO129-372 - Public Offices - 1910 — Page 236

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

AFFAIRS OF CHINA.

CONFIDENTIAL.

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No. 1.

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[June RECO SECO3.JUN TO

Mr. Max Müller to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received June 6.)

(No. 161.) Sir,

Peking, May 21, 1910. WITH reference to my telegram No. 85 of the 26th April I have the honour to transmit herewith for your information copies of two despatches from His Majesty's consul-general at Yunnan-fu, covering copies of correspondence exchanged between him and the Administrator of Foreign Affairs, in regard to the raid made by the Chief of Teng Keng on Pienina and certain other villages on the British side of the frontier claimed by His Majesty's Government.

In reply to the last sentence of your telegram No. 72 of the 5th May, I beg to state that His Majesty's consul at Tengyueh informs me that he despatched a full report on the situation on the 30th ultimo,

I have, &c.

W. G. MAX MÜLLER.

Enclosure 1 in No. 1.

Sir,

Consul-General O'Brien-Butler to Mr. Max Müller.

Yunnan-fu, April 15, 1910. WITH reference to Mr. Rose's despatches No. 3 of the 24th February and No. 7 of the 12th March, and to my telegram No. 9 of the 13th instant, I have the honour to forward to you herewith copy of a despatch which I addressed to the Administrator of Foreign Affairs in this city on the subject of the raid made by the Chief of Teng Keng on Pienma in Burmah, and copy of the administrator's reply contending that Pienma and certain other villages are not in Burmah, but actually in the Province of Yunnan.

I have, &c.

P. E. O'BRIEN-BUTLER.

Sir,

Enclosure 2 in No. 1.

Consul-General O'Brien-Butler to Mr. Shih.

Yunnan-fu, March 26, 1910. I HAVE the honour to inform you that I have received a despatch from the Government of Burmah, in which is enclosed copy of a letter addressed to the acting British consul at Tengyueh, relating to a raid which has recently been made by the Chief of Teng Keng, situated on the Salween in China, on certain villages on the British side of the frontier. Mr. Rose was requested to bring the facts to the notice of the taotai at Tengyuch, and request him to take immediate steps to procure the withdrawal from British territory of the raiders from Teng Keng, to punish the Chief of Teng Keng for his action, and to require the chief to compensate the raided villages for the injuries inflicted. The Government of Burmalı further requests me to bring the matter to the notice of the Governor-General of Yunnan and Kueichou, and to move his Excellency to issue instructions in that sense to the taotai at Tengyueh.

I have also received a despatch from Mr. Rose, forwarding to me copies of a petition which he has received from the raided villagers and of his despatch to the taotai at Tengyueh on the subject. Copies of these documents are appended to this despatch.

It appears from the petition of the villagers, and from information collected by the authorities in Burmah, that the Chief of Teng Keng with a force of 500 men

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