CO129-497 - Public Offices - 1926 — Page 51

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

AS

:

This point

To the Mars. me Custome anot collect gal taxes is

Khor they

rch if the tariff Conference Pares

de the declar.

the WP Mini

fer of that the or would then

ru to rollet

them Walter P. Whi

See abe 22432, 22540, 22541 + 22586

The position is now

11 appears

getting rather involved.

48

(1) that the Inspector Real Glastons failed to adhan Khi statement extracted from him in

22431

Power Shs.

with the result that the proposal that the

agra

KIK levy f

Hi haw taxes at

Hankow subject to colection by the Custours

ralle (surprisingly, Kthe proposal (made

Las Lad ke give way

U.S. Ministe that

math

hi

the Tariff Confen. Powers should

a unitatial declaration

16

favour othe

immédiati runconditional grant of the Washington

with collection

Sustaxes,

This of

provided (a)

coume is

5

The Custoas.

just

what is wanted

that it is a grant that the proceeds

Khe local

of the surtaxes shr. be Lauded ove authorities at each treaty port (b) that a

He export

Solution can also & Sevised to come

tax

J

21/11/% levied at Canton which the

above forporal doses not touch, (c) that the U.S. does hot get all the Kudos.

Il is

Al

important advance that thes

parposal sh5. have been extracted for the U.S.

Ministe. He has how referent this Govt. and M

O'Mally has seen authorised to

use ale te

pressure he can hold Lime Kiky view.

The Japanse

are grouse reticent shon-committal but thi appear 13 likite doubt that if the U.S. give way

Japan with have I follows sunt.

Evayting

now lärms on the allitude of Washington

which has hills to been so

wrong. headed that one

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