CO129-421 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [3-4] — Page 443

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Article 1. This article, if allowed to stand as draft-

-ed, may be construed by the Japanese as giving them the exclusive

right to act as political, financial and military advisers to

China, thus putting the Republic under Japanese tutelage and

destroying her sovereign rights.

Such a situation could not be tolerated, in view of the

large share of trade with China held by the other Treaty powers and the great proportion of the national debt to say nothing of the

important British interests involving large capital sums invested

in China which would be at stake.

Article II. If granted, similar opportunity must be

given to other nationalities.

Article III. The same objection raised as Article I of

this section applies to this Article.

Article IV. The terms of this article are not, it

in accordance with "the most favoured nation" clause

of our treaty with China.

Would appear,

Articles ▼ and II. If the Japanese Government are permit-

-ted to construct the lines mentioned in Article V, they will be

able to control the great part of the Southern side of the Yangtaze

from the sea to Hankow, the valuable district on the shores of the

Poyang lake, and thence through the whole length of Kwang-Si to

Swatow. The latter section will tend to still further strengthen

their hold on the province of Fukien, the absorption of which

province is foreshadowed in Article VI.

The Committee in fact raises the same objection to this

attempted capture of the trade of Central China and the practical

conquest of Fukien as they have already done to the Japanese

designs on Shantung, Southern Manchuria, and Eastern Inner Mongo-

lia.

We have deemed it desirable to go into a detailed state-

-ment of our views on the proposed new Agreement as presented by

the Japanese and have, as above, briefly outlined our objections to

the proposed Agreement.

So far as this Colony is concerned I would specially beg

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