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the New Dominion, and Outer Mongolia, connoted a not altogether comfortable extension of Japanese influence to regions where it had hitherto been unknown. He now writes that he has been unable to discover how much of the Telegraph Loan proceeds have been devoted to the execution of the telegraph programme, outlined above, but that it is highly probable that the greater portion has been used for other purposes.
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The Director of Military Intelligence in a note to the Foreign Office, dated the 4th September, 1918, regretted the control of Chinese telegraphs thus passing into the hands of Japan, especially the establishment of a Telefunken wireless atation at Batang, which would open facilities for communi os – tions with Tibet not possessed by India, and of the land line
to Cheng tu.
Marconi Company's Negotiations.
The Marconi negotiations which had been carried on spa s- modically since 1909 had been broken off in 1917 on the signing of the Larsen Agreement. In requesting His Majesty's Govern- ment's assistance at that time, the Japanese Government had most disingenuously overlooked the Marconi Company's claim, and bad virtually asked us to recognise a Japanese monopoly of wireless business in China which they claimed as being a "German conges- sion", basing their claim on a non-existent secret agreement
The between the Chinese Government and the Telefunken Company. Secretary of State (despatch No.7 of the 30th January, 1918, to
N this somewhat novel doctrine that Tokyo) draws attention to Japan would not witness with equanimity the establishment of wireless telegraphy in China by any other power than Japan itself
As Sir J. Jordan pointed out in his Memorandum to the Japanese Chargé d'Affaires (Peking despatch No.108 of the 5th
March/
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