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OPIUM.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[54610]
No. 1.
[December 19.]
SECTION 2.
100
Question asked in the House of Commons, December 19, 1912.
Sir Hildred Carlisle,-To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state what is the reply of the Chinese Government to the warning of Sir John Jordan that, unless unequivocal assurances are immediately forthcoming that it is the intention of China to observe the Anglo-Chinese Agreement of 1911 regarding the importation of opium from India, he will be compelled to advise his Government that remonstrances are ineffective; and whether the Foreign Office has received any representations from India as to the damage done to legitimate trade.
Answer by Mr. Acland (for Sir E. Grey).
The reply to the last representations of Sir John Jordan is still being awaited from the Chinese Government. The answer to the second part of the question is in the affirmative, and the whole matter is receiving the careful attention of His Majesty's Government.
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