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should be told what had been done and what it was proposed

to co.

Bir M. Lampsen said that it should rather be "explained to him informally.

Monsieur Yoshizawa said he wanted to be quite clear in whay way it was feared that, if the Note was present ed to both North and South, the one would take advantage of it to involve the Powers with the other.

Sir N. Lampson said his fear was net so much in respect of the South as in respect of the North. The Rete had bem

worded for presentation to the South. If handed to

North

the latter might take advantage of the paragraph offering

co-operation to propose co-operation with themselves in an

expedition agains Bias Bay. He might of course be

gerating the danger of this, and really a stronger reason for keeping to the original plan of addressing the Canton author-

ities only was its simplicity. The thing was to produce a working example of int emational co-operation.

Monsieur Yo usisava promised to refer the matter to his

Government.

Sir K. Leanson thought that all present were agreed in

principle.

Mr. Maver thought this was so. It was only a question of

method.

In reply to an enquiry by Monsieur Yoshizawa as to when

the American reply might be expected, Mr. Hayer said that he

must of course report to his Government the new idea put for.

ward by the Japanese Government.

he say that Monsieur

Yoshizawa was telegraphing to his Government with the idea of

postponing the question of Haichow until co-operation had been

tried at Bias Bey?

Monsieur Yoshizawa said that he did not think it would

be quite correct to say that he was going to propose the

"postponement" of the question of Haidhow.

Itt.