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Foreign Office to Chinu Association,
Foreign Office,
June 11th, 191+.
SIR,
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to inform you that a copy of your letter of the 3rd instant, on the subject of piracy in Southern Chinese waters, has been forwarded to His Majesty's Minister at Peking.
The Chairman,
China Association,
159, Cannon Street, E.C.
I am, &e,
(Signed) W. LANGLEY.
JAPANESE PREFERENCE IN
MANCHURIA,
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Foreign Office to Chino Association.
Foreign Office,
November 2nd, 1914.
With reference to the letter from this office of the 11th June last, regarding the suppression of piracy in Southern Chinese waters, I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to inform you that a despatch has been received from His Majesty's Minister at Peking forwarding a report by His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton on the measures taken by the Chinese authorities, in the absence of foreign war vessels, to maintain order.
Mr. Jamieson states that the general outline of the arrangements is as follows:-
1. Between Lintin and Wangmoon (open waters) the Haeshin relief ship
* Kuanghai," an armel transport, and two ocean-going destroyers.
2. A military post of one hundred and twenty men, to be stationed on shore in proximity to what the Intelligence Department have discovered to be pirate laire and to co-operate with the Navy.
3. Between Wangmoon and Kongmoon a large destroyer and subsidiary craft for patrol duty.
4. Various subsidiary craft for the delta and East and North Rivers.
The total number of vessels to be employed on the inland waters is seventy-two; many of these, however, will first have to be overhauled and repaired.
There are indications of a local rising on the Lien River, an affluent of the North River, and troops have been despatched to deal with it.
A special contingent of police one hundred and twenty men-has been detailed to prevent any movement against, Shameen.
The Secretary,
China Association.
I am, &c.,
(Signed) W. LANGLEY.
DEAR SIR,
Nowchwang,
27th March, 1914.
With reference to your official letter of 25/11/10, re smuggling of goods into Manchuria via Japanese South Manchuria Railway through the Kwantung Leased Territory, and my reply of 23/1/11, I enclose copy of the Manchuria Daily News of 24th instant which contains an article on page 2, column 4, embodying information which, if correct, is rather interesting.
H. C. Wilcox, Esq.,
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Yours, &c.,
(Signed)
Secretary, China Association, London.
PROPOSED LIMITATION OF FREE PORT ZONE AT DAIREN.
Extract from The Manchuria Daily News, 24th March, 1914. The proposed limitation of the free port zone at Dairen, against which the Daizen residents seem united, will have no concern with goods destined to points outside the Kwantung Leased Territory, since they are now being taxed. The same thing may be said of the transhipment trade. For, part of the Dairen Wharf compound is to be set aside as the free port zone, and cargoes discharged on this zone are exempted from duties. may be re-exported to Tientsin, or any Shantung port duty free.
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