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prospect of the Canten Authorities paying any attention to

the wishes of the Centraă dovernment : they would, however,

he

thought, listen to the representations of His Xajesty's Consul

General.

Irumark of that, socording to the reports received,

Cant on Government claimed to be sending troops and ships to

Maɛno after consultation with the Central dovernment.

the

His Nxo silency denied that this was the same, and said

that the Central Government had not supported any such matiem.

Referring to the question of the Harbour forks, which I

maint måned ware bein terried on in the inner harbour

a long

way from the disputed Boundaries, Wis ixcellmoy said that they

were an infringment of the arFAN, DANIE regarding tha maintenanc

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of the status qué arrived at between the two parties at the

slose of the mbertive jongkong, negotiations between General

Machado and Mr Kao trh-chi en in 1900, and added that China ob-

Jested to them as being a violation of China's maritime right a

(the full retention of which is part of the Chinese case).

Un my pointing out that there caula be no question

of the Portuguese infringing Chinh's maritime rights by bânding

operations well inside territory which had been under Pertu-

queno jurisdiction for hundreds of yours, šis Axe allendy inti-

mated in reply that China could not, sa lang na the question