CO129-579-7 Sino-Japanese War- shipping on Pearl River 4-1-1939 - 9-6-1939 — Page 70

SHCLO TAP 1.5 in Canton

PROM

;

espatch No. 40 of 80/8/39 to 2. AMAKTHAI

E.

JASATO CO

Addressed to Honkong savin tram No.

bevin "rem No. 1

-

W. R.

**

RY 18th, 1939.

"Aseated to -10-

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Dick 7:0.

Your telegram No. 13

The legal o inte raised oy Your Acellency so well am

the rosa violation by the Japanese of our ri hts on the earl

But the original propoasl (see

River are not dispated.

1:38

8145 # of Both Reemb

o C.-in- ) was an extra leal

coupromia... and it 12 therefore illogicel so be two meticulous in

ar uing about procedure nos. four zelegram io. 6 to colonial

ffice moreover merely mentioned "confoɛmin to merchant vecsel

clea ance regalzetions`.

porod by Japanese Consul

General, J.K. .A. or myself that your Gov-enment proposed to

rsat Japanese

rnment chstered ven In shich Juponese regs!

It was never s

n v÷l rezul tions, se normal merchant versole.

lest can enter in tong without any puơmi sion at any

111 be notei 200 my cel. dc.

heBe

具

ime.

apanese have no objection

to entry sud cleamree of or payikon. of numel de

2.

J panese 1*

wain that the compromise proposed by the

Pasonable. In addition revenue officers might remsin

on board to ensure no smuggling.

e vith che other

If we adopt too strictly legal an attitude the Japanese

*ill not ***ìì t Hongkong. Te Ahell be worse off than befɔre

the Japanese will consider that we inten ed to zive with one hand,

and the it is s 7** 2 exaple of that

policy of pinp icks which they att loute to us and recent.

merely expressing, «lat

necessarily endorse them.

I wa

Anow to be their views and do nɔt

et Lassenger ships

if they do not call, we shall only

∙nce s monih, und, more important carrying strictly "n.cessary

stores onì passengere"; va ahall no secure there lesse of interned

hips. Relatively, both these pointa may be unimportant, but the

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