Enclosure 2.
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CUPY OF JECOSED TALMORAH,
360
From: Governor, ilangkon; (Clmenti).
To : Decretary of „tate for Colonies.{ mery
Anta: 7th April, 1926.
CONFIDENTIAL,- Your tela;rum 1st April shassoon
and Swatow supplies. The reply to the last sentence of (1) is in the affirmative, (ii) The river Companies responded patriotically to the appeal made and might even have made no claim for a shorter paried. Their services were essential and included carriage of mils but no clain ma mde till the Companies foresa: the impending necessity of discontinuing the service unless their direct losses were made good. The directors have today resolved that they must discontinue survien a fortnight hence unless ussistance is received. (iii) ze steamer runa daily except en sunday to hameen ná omu from there, (iv)It soms doubtful whether the A.R.Co. will press their alsim and the Douglas Company have not yot made any. (v) Any attempt to charge the small community of shamoan with the tota. cost would result in izmediate evacuation and a serious klew to writish prestige. prestige would also fellow redustion of sailings or employment of launches which are in any osas not muitable for passengers. -e appear to be approaching the possibility of a settlement and say sign of mchauation is to be stron¡ly deprecated, leave Peking to reply to Foreign Office an
reduction of sailings to swator.
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Governor.
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