CO129-445 - Public Offices - 1917 — Page 143

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Jurus blows from outs

Buch are the incidents which have come to my notice

in the course of the current yeɛr, and the for the pre-

sent the matter rests. I have heard nothing whatever of

any attemnt to threaten the mater-supply of liacao.

Throughout the correspondence Mr. #1lton and myself,

altough charged with Portuguese interests ad interim,

have merely acted as transmitters of the statements and

views of the Colonial Government - the Chinese versions

thereof being prepared by the Interpreter's Department

in Macao. I am given, however, to understand that in

the course of this month a Consul-General will arrive to

take up the duties of Portuguese representative.

The resuscitation of the Boundary Commission has

undoubtedly led the Provincial Government to take a more

than ordinary interest in questions of this kind, and the

energetic personality of the Civil Governor may have in-

fused vigour into the correspondence, but I have so far

no reason to suppose that a policy of veiled coercion is

contemplated,

Should the Portuguese Legation take up the question

with the Central Government, it might usefully point out

that the local authorities are so anxious to see that

Treaty provisions as to residence 'inland' on the part

of foreign traders are observed, attention might well

be devoted to the Japanese commercial invasion of the

province.

I have the honour to be,

sir,

Your most obedient, humble Servant

(sd) J. W. Jamieson

Consul-General.