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obvious discourtesy in regard to retuning an of 1oisl coruniertion

11 be ghai to honr in dio ource that

from this Bank unopened.

TOU reprosenntlvon of the chinono.121 take up th

energetienlly on our behalf".

That is the substance of your bonk'a complaint against the way in thi cala

aromated by thornsion Depts

you were,

YoG.

I don't think I need nok you whether the Bank of China is one of the

greatest financial institutions of the publie of China. Bow long

have you been established in long Long?

1m 1913 I think.

I think the Dont ctXOT

amuation

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would bonatatort

割an

In the first place I would invite reference to the miratos

when 150 120 2671/150 with this cuttar was rod to mo

by Govermente

Chaiquant That is your minute of the 3rd "ebruary?

It is a very long miraite.

MON of Canon has been

ho

incorporated in own memorálum and I ahnll beg your leave only to

o

rend out one small portion here - (renan) :- "I regarded the complaint

of the Bank of Chine, the great importance of which I am afraid I had

not then recognised, sympathotion.11y until Ron... Lo went no

3.).

unior covering letta c lotter nigned by one of the official

in which the latter referred to my time and paper-asving note in tems

of studied insolence; that paper I have retained; it was my chief peacon or taicine no further interest in the mention, Youtapo

perience has made no over-auspiciami of racketa; at my rate one of my

first duties was to prevent se faz ca possible (for reasons which I have given at length elsewhore) the formation of unrecognised "agenales

which contrived, oven under the name of apparently respectable firma

to sinile both ilovta and their cliento. lange the ornotice o

chearing the existence in fact of star" on whose behalf firme (or

their more) kx naked for forms in larger then normal quantities.”

I may say there are two aspects of it which think r. Chen my stree

One in the fnot that no officiel letter es sont in reply to the rew

quest for form but merely a foot-n te on the original document. That

f course was one of the byprodsets of overwork and ineufficient