CO129-502-8 China- general situation 27-4-1927 - 15-9-1927 — Page 58

In any further communication on this subject, please quote

No. F 6710/3/10

and address-

not to any person by name,

but to-

"The Under-Sceretary of State,"

Foreign Office,

London, S.W.1.

62. 49

Sir,

RECEIVED 11 AUG 1927

COL. OFFICE

FOREIGN OFFICE.

S.W.1.

10th August, 1927.

With reference to a telegram addressed to the

Governor of Hongkong on August 2nd by the Secretary of

State for the Colonies regarding new taxation proposed

by the Nanking Government and to Sir C. Clementi's

telegram of August 3rd in reply, of which copies have

been forwarded to this department, I am directed by

Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain to suggest that Foreign

Office telegram No. 2 of August 4th addressed to Sir M.

Lampson at Wei-hai-wei (see Foreign Office letter No.

F 6699/2/10 of August 5th) on the subject of the

threat or use of force in China for the attainment of

political ends as distinct from the protection of life,

should be repeated to the Governor for his information.

This telegram, which embodies the considered

views of His Majesty's Government on this question, was

specially submitted to and approved by the Cabinet

before despatch.

2.

I am,

The Under-Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

Sir,

Your obedient Servant,

George Mounsey.