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The alleged complicity of the officials of
Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in tid a breach of the Armo
Kabarge Agreement and the subsequent events which took plase after the arrival of the "my" at Canton are fully
explained by Mr. Giles. It would appear almost incredible
that the late Mr. Stepha and the other officials of
Bongicong and Shanghi Bank should really have been. Induced
by their sampradore to involve themselves in this discredit-
able gan-running business and it is possible that Sir
James Jamieson on his return to Ganton in the Autum nay
a:le to throw further light on this speet of the matter,
which I do not propose in the meamshile to pursue my
further. I would add, however, that the Inapeeter-Genera 1.
of the Chinese Xaritime Customs,
une round to see mg
recently as this subject, me evidently in possession of
all the detaile of she story related in Mr. Giles' despatak
but, as it appeared that his Commissioner at Cantom,
British subject and relatively Beniør member of the Maritime
Customs Service, had also been implicated, it is unlikely that
Sir Francia Agles will say disclosures on the mabjeet
unless he is obliged to
After the "HAV" had been forsed, under a threat of
being fired upon by a Chinese gunboat, to stop unloading
ber cargo and to return to Whampoa, the Senior Consul at
Canton telegraphed to the Deyen of the Corps Diplomatique
asking whether, in view of the interferanse with the rights
of the Chinese Maritime Customs who normally assume
jurisdiction in such matters, foreign naval assistance might
not properly be invoked in the event of the foreible seimre
of the by Doster Sun Yat-sen1a Government or my other
party. In the meantime, however, the name and merunition
bad actually been landed by the Cantem 4121tary Authorities
and the suggestion of naval intervention was therefore
eliminated; but the Doyen, after sönmiting his colleagues,
informed
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