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CYPHER
ARAPHRAGE TELEGRAM from The Secretary of State
for the Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kong.
(Sent 4.0.
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4th November 1926.)
590
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Your telegrams 28th and 31st October.
Foreign Office telegrama to Peking Nos. 304,
305, 306 of 29th October indicate the policy
which His Majesty's Government after prolonged
consideration intend to adopt. The correspondence
with Peking which has been repeated to you shows
clearly that the other Powers while anxious to
protest against the new taxes are unwilling to
back their protests by force. If therefore His
Majesty'a Government were to insist on the strict
observance of treaty obligations it would be
necessary if these continued to be disregarded
for His Majesty's Government to take isolated
action in defence of them, a position which I need
hardly point out would be at once technically
unsound and politically disastrous,
anticipation of the situation which has now
In
arlsen the policy of His Majesty's Government has
hitherto been to induce the other Powers to
acquiesce under protest on condition that the
taxes were collected by the Customs. This policy
has hitherto failed and if the Powers should
finally decide to adhere to their original
intention of confining themselves to an agreed
protest His Majesty's Government will be forced
for obvious reasons to associate themselves with
such protest. But in order even at this late
hour to leave no stone unturned to Becure
collection
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