CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8] — Page 367

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MR. CHEN: The Chinese delegates cannot accept responsibility

for a breakdown; hence we suggest the Inquiry.

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MR. KEMP : Why not remove the boycott now, leaving over the

question of the Enquiry? If a year hence an Enquiry should

result in your being found to blane you would then have to take

up the financial burden and you would be less able to do so

after another year of restricted trade,

MR. CHEN A year hence we may have more money. I wish to make

it quite clear that the Enquiry proposal is not an alternative

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to this conference, but a continuation of it. As far as

reaponsibility for the suspension of the conference goes,

counter-statements will be called for, but in the statement we

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isque we do not intend to raise this question because if would

be unfair and invidious,

MR. BRENAN: Your demand for an enquiry suspends the obnference.

MR. CHEN: And so does your refusal to pay compensation,

MR. BRENAN For that we are quite prepared to accept

responsibility,

MR. CHEN: I object to the word 'suspension": "receas" or

adjournment" would be better. We frankly do not want a

breakdown.

Mr. BREMAN : You are going the best way about it.

MR. CHEN:

CHIN: It is not a suspension.

It is an adjournment to

consider new proposals., We are all anxious for an early

settlement, but a settlement is decidedly for your interests;

hunce we suggest a spirit of give and take. We are not bluffing: a settlement would involve a serious financi al

burden.

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