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of the authorities and was able to obtain as much provincial

limestone as it required. After the change of Government,

arbitrary action contrary to Treaty caused supplies to cease

absolutely and the company's business was brought to a

standstill. After negotiations extending over two years

assurances were given that the company could carry on business

as before. In spite of these assurances for reasons which

I am at a loss to discover, supplies of stone cannot be pro-

cured from Kwangtung and the company is forced to obtain stone

from Tongking at a cost which seriously curtails their earnings.

In the meantime the Canton Cement Works, an enterprise owned

by the Government, which is responsible for inflicting these

great losses on British traders, is in a position to obtain

stone freely. Can such a state of things be described as

equitable or can the Kwangtung Government be acquitted of the

charge of secretly favouring its own interest at the expense

of those of its British competitors? Can its refusal to take

any steps to satisfy the just claim for losses due by ita own

wrongful acts escape the criticism of fairminded men, or is

it consonant with its dignity as a Goverment to carry on

trade in cement while at the same time making use of its

The duty official status to hamper the operations of others?

of every Government is to exercise justice, but how can a

Government do this when it throws its own interests into the

scales?

I feel sure that your clearness of vision and un-

biassed mind will not fail to appreciate these arguments and

I have therefore the honour to express an earnest hope that no

time will be lost in effecting a satisfactory settlement either

on the above lines or on those previously indicated.

I have, &c.,

(sd.) J. W. Jamieson,

Consul-General.