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in driving the white man's commerce out of China and

diminishing his prestige in the Far East.

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Before leaving

Hong Kong, in my last secret despatch to you about Japan,

I wrote fully on this subject. I still think that British

and Japanese policy in the Far East might be reconciled

and that such reconciliation would be the best thing that

could happen both from a British and a Chinese point of

view. But the present trend of our foreign policy takes

us further and further away from Japan.

Yours sincerely,