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Sir,
No.2.
Peking, June 13, 1913.
577
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I have given careful consideration to Your
Excellency's despatch of the 23rd. ultimo in which you request His
Majesty's Minister to forward to the Cabinet a telegram addressed
to it by certain Chinese in Hongkong on the political situation.
There is, as far as I am aware, no precedent
on
for such transmission and a reference to my despatch of the 10th.
instant will I trust make it clear how difficult it would be for me
to comply with your request in view of the language used in the communication addressed by Sir John Jordan to the Wai Chiao Pu on the 28th. ultimo. To convey to the Chinese Government a partisan message from Hongkong/the burning topic of the day in China, appears to me to amount to encouragement of that introduction by Chinese into a British Colony of the political controversies of their country of origin which we have stated cannot be allowed.
Again if only certain Lessages are transmit- -ted through His Majesty's Legation while others go direct and if it should so happen that those transmitted were all of one colour, the Legation might find itself open to the suspicion of favour- -ing one political party, which I feel sure Your Excellency will readily agree, would be a wholly improper position.
Ever since the Revolution a variety of partisan messages have been addressed to His Majesty's Legation from all quarters, and in every instance they have been ignored; the signatories to the particular message in question moreover describe themselves as "of certain districts in Canton province and under all the circumstances I venture to think that the fact of their temporary residence in Hongkong does not constitute sufficient ground for transmitting their views on Chinese politics through the official medium of His Majesty's Legation.
While anxious to assist Your Excellency as
for as possible in the matter I trust that you will reconsider the desirability of substituting official for private transmission
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