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No. 1.
DEAC
16 JUL 12
[June 24.]
SECTION 2.
Question asked in the House of Commons, June 24, 1912.
Sir J. D. Rees-To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any communication has been received from His Majesty's Minister at Peking regarding the illegal prohibition imposed by the Chinese Government on the Indian opium trade; whether opium valued at upwards of 9,000,0001, is affected; and whether the British Government intends to allow the Chinese authorities to defy the provisions of the Anglo-Chinese Opium Agreement in favour of British traders while they are not observing the conditions imposed by that instrument upon themselves.
Answer by Mr. Acland (for Sir Edward Grey),
His Majesty's Government take a very serious view of the situation that has been created, and His Majesty's Minister at Peking is making strong representations to the Chinese Government, whose inability to enforce observance of their recognised treaty obligations both in this and in other matters in the provinces must, so long as it continues, delay the recognition of the new Chinese Government.
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