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must entail, I felt justified in expressing to Mr. Wen in strong terms my opinion that the pretext for hostilities appeared as dubious as the prospect of any decisive result on the other hand there was a certainty of enormous damage not only to property and trade but also to the reputation of the persons responsible for provoking any outbreak,

while the risk of foreign complications attaching to any

further addition to the chaos already prevailing in China

must be self-evident.

I have communicated to "r. Pratt the reports which

have reached me and as he is in close touch with the

Authorities at Nanking, full information will no doubt be

available should events develop.

At my last meeting with General Fo which took place

Just before I have received the above information, be

seemed anxious to stress the absence of any responsibility

on his part for the presence of the "ambers of Parliament

here; if the Chihli Authorities could not prevent them

leaving Peking it was obvious that he could not be

expected to prevent them coming to Shanghad and he denied that any meetings other than informal ones had hitherto taken place. As for Li Yuan-hung he could not object to "Mr." 11 visiting Shanghai but he could not recognise any *President" L1.

General Fo will, I think. keep clear of trouble as he

can. It remains to be seen whether the politicians will

succeed in embroiling the two provinces.

I have the honour to be, etc.,

(se) S. BARTON.

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