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Chinese charmeter is so therough, bes, as the former ma necessarily work at Peking, mi latter in Hong Kong, it
is thought that a special agent of the Foreign Offies who could visit danton and other parts of China privately would
of great assistance to His Majesty's Coverasant,
I think it necessary for the British to hold
something up their sleeves to be let out when the proper and final momeuğ arrivas: this rmark applies equally to artra-
territoriality and other subjects under disosagion betweÖE.
China and the ForeId=
One thing I wish to impress most earnestly upon
the authorities, and that is that socording to experienes an
mally previous coɑnsions, say kind of emoesaion in negotiating
with Chinese has been construed as a sign of weakness, or, in
other words, when you give way an inch they expect an eil.
The Seamene' Bizikas in 1922-3, and the attempt of
the late President Yuan thì lại to become "uperde afford
ample proof of my sanerbion.
Further, as regards Canton and Hong Kong, it is
absolutely essential that the Twoningtang party should be
indused to give up the Bolshevists and work for the waifi-
estion of their own country and in harmony with Rong Hong-
In my opinion the present menace to Hong Kong lạ
Canton, under a strong anti-British Govezemen
gould develop a port with mufficient depth of water for o
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