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        "content_text": "## deliberations. After he had sent in over a score of Memorials, he got the whole eighteen-Article Treaty of Ch'ung-hou abrogated.\n\n[Editorial Note—At the time there was not one of the Court who understood the conduct of foreign relations; the study of foreign business by the Peking officers started from this incident.\n\nWhen Chung-hou was going to Russia to negotiate the Treaty, [Chang] had, on behalf of another, presented a request that Ch'ung-hou be ordered to pay a visit first to Tso Tsung-tang in the New Dominion and, investigating the conditions there, devise a suitable scheme so as to avoid blundering from ignorance. The Court's refusal of the suggestion led to the danger of Ch'ung-hou's unauthorized eighteen Articles.]\n\n## 15. When in Shansi he obtained the removal of the embargo on the export of Tsê chou, Lu-chiêng, Ping-yang, and Yu-hsien iron-ware because at the time foreign iron swamped the provinces, while native iron under the old law could not leave the country.\n\n22. In Canton he started the idea of relieving the pressure of the French blockade of Formosa by an attack on Tonkin, and of enlisting Black Flag Liu Yung-fu under Government. The scheme being approved, he arranged for an invasion in three columns, and supplied funds and arms to Yüunan, Kuangsi and Generals Liu and Tang, as well as to Formosa, viz., 2,000,000 taels each to the two provinces, and 400,000 taels each to Formosa and the two Generals.\n\n23. The French attacked Tonkin briskly, and on the collapse of its armies Kuangsi was invaded, causing panic in the Two Kuang and the abandonment of Lungchow by the Kuangsi military and civil authorities. He specially requested despatch of General Fêng Tzu-ts'ai and Brigadier Wang-Hsiao-ch'i's armies to succour Kuangsi. These occupied the Kuan-chien defile inside the Chên-nan Pass, and after two days and nights' stubborn fighting succeeded in routing the foe and recovering Langson—a victory greater than ever was known during the several centuries of China's intercourse with the West. The Powers presented congratulations to the Tsung-li Yamên; the French were much afraid, and daily sent urgent telegrams asking for peace, while the French President Jules Ferry was promptly driven from office. [Chang] sent seven telegraphic memorials strongly urging some delay, but in vain. The Yamen and the Northern Superintendency defined boundaries and came to terms with the French.\n\n## 36. At Canton he started licences for prepared opium shops; at Wuchang he started the system of simultaneously collecting raw and prepared drug taxes for the four provinces, Hupei, Yunnan, Kiangsi and Anhui, which provided Hupei's indemnity fund, and saved a heavy yearly charge on the people. The Board of Revenue, on pretext that Hupei's share was too great, took over the control, causing a loss to Hupei of over 1,000,000 a-year, while the Board got a sudden big accession of funds.\n\n37. At Canton he started coining dollars with an annual profit of over 300,000 dollars. This was the beginning of China's silver coinage.\n\n[Note. Earlier Lin Tse-hsu's similar proposal was stopped by evil tongues.]\n\n38. Macao is a thorn in Kuangtung's flesh. After the increase in opium taxation, the Yamen, in hope of getting Macao's support, went out of its way to tempt Macao and changed part of old Treaty. Macao's increasing prosperity led to several requests for extension, which were refused, and the Macao Sub-Prefect stationed at the chief pass from Macao into interior; the boundary was kept strictly, and military guards maintained to stop any encroachment.\n\n39. While he was at Canton the new system of collecting duty and li-kin together on foreign opium started, and Hart wanted to place a lot of revenue cruisers on the coast, all to be under his control, and to be for coast defence also. His object in thus getting the whole control of the coast defence was hard to fathom, but by a vigorous report against the plan it was stopped.\n\n40. While he was at Canton he promptly suppressed cassia stores opened unauthorizedly by foreigners at Lo Ting-chou and rejected the compromise proposed by the Yamên. While he was at Wuchang he succeeded in stopping the forcible appropriation of Chu-shan copper mine by foreigners, in which his predecessor had acquiesced. There have been abundance of other similar instances of his vigorous maintenance of rights in all sorts of industrial and trade matters.\n\n43. When he was at Canton, as men-of-war were urgently needed, and the Board funds very short, he devised great yearly payments out of his 40 per cent of the military camp gambling fees and the salt fees, and built there six ships. In Fokien he also ordered ten ships, but when three had been delivered his successor stopped the order without recovering the money from Fokien.\n\n44. When he was at Canton he mooted the building of the Lu-han Railway and in 1885 of the Canton-Hankow line, the present traces of which are in accordance with his original memorials. He also mooted the Nanking-Shanghae Railway, and when he was at Nanking in 1893, perceiving that the completion of the Russian-Siberian Railway was a grave menace to Manchuria, he advised a line from Mukden to the frontier. The proposal was in detail and all ready for carrying out, but the Government, in its blindness, put it aside, and so came the calamity of Russian designs on the East.\n\n47. At present foreign cotton and yarn yearly cost China forty odd millions; so in Hupei he set up spinning and weaving, silk and hemp mills—four in all, taking most interest in the hemp, as this Chinese product, abundant and cheap, a native of provinces both north and south, provided the best means of enriching the people and stopping the drain. Silk and satin so woven were equal to silk products, its cloth the same as cotton cloth. This was the first hemp mill in China.\n\n49. As the purchase of Chinese hides to return from abroad in the shape of leather caused an incalculable drain, he set up a tannery which is now finished and producing.\n\n50. This article claims for him the arming with breech-loading cannon and remodelling of Kiangyin and Chinkiang forts, and says his project to fortify Woosung and Tsungming strongly was stopped by a certain President of the Board of Revenue. (Qy. Weng Trung-ho.)\n\n55. Claims that he supported a proposal to continue the roads to south of Shanghae, and established police so as, by cutting off foreign intrusion into Chinese bounds, to safeguard rights of administration and gain. The cost was to be repaid in a term of years out of the expenses of missions abroad. The Yamen agreed. Besides, in view of the constant extension by the Powers of Settlement roads, which implied policing and virtual absorption of the ground so covered, he asked leave to start a road at the terminus of each Settlement road to block their advance. The Yamên, in its blindness, shelved the suggestion, and so the Shanghae Settlements have gone on growing.\n\n57. In 1898 the English member of Parliament, ex-Admiral Beresford, came from Peking, the Yamên having got leave to bid him train for Hupei 2,000 Chinese and 1,000 Manchu troops. He pressed and fussed for many days on the strength of having a Rescript, but Chang steadily and firmly refused, and ignored a Yamên telegram which came to support Beresford.\n\n59. When Kang-yi was in power in 1898-9 he called on the Empire to carry out militia training, but Chang vigorously denounced its evil to the Throne, prophesying that if this proposal were carried out every mission in China would be wrecked and there would be great disorder. He persistently refused to comply, and the following year saw the Boxer trouble in Chihli and Shantung.\n\n60. At the start in 1900, when the Boxer trouble had passed only from Lai-shui to Ting-hsiang district (in Chihli), on the 1st June he telegraphed the Yamen to put them down firmly, and thereafter in that month he kept telegraphing to the Throne against the heretics and rebels, urging protection of the Legations, the suppression of all robbers, and the retention of the missions abroad. He also telegraphed alone to the various Foreign Offices and the foreign Admirals in China to join in a covenant to protect the south and east, not to attack the capital, not to frighten away the Court. Besides, he leagued together a dozen Viceroys and Governors to telegraph to the various Foreign Offices, and, in conjunction with Viceroy Liu concerted with the Shanghae Consuls an Agreement not to attack the Yang-tsze. When their Majesties took their westward tour, he insisted on the Powers holding back and not attacking Siangyang and Fanchiêng, thus keeping open a route for supplies from the south-east.\n\n61. In the middle of August 1900, when Peking was in extreme peril, he heard of their Majesties' purpose to go west. Li Hung-chang combined the high provincial authorities to do their best to prevent the move, and, without consulting, had telegraphed Shantung. [Chang] sent in the Memorial. Then only he telegraphed what he had done. Thereupon Chang sent an urgent telegram to Yuan Shih-k'ai pointing out how wrong the proposal was and how utterly impracticable. Hupei absolutely declined to join, and if the Memorial had gone, must present its views separately. Thereon Hupei was removed from the list. Luckily the proposal reached Peking when the district was in confusion, and did not get through till their Majesties had started; otherwise there is no saying what might have happened. Li also sent a combined request to their Majesties to stay in Shansi and not to go to Shensi; this request also Chang opposed.\n\n## Page 407",
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        "content_text": "29\n\nview to compelling Ko to resign. On the 24th March a collision between Ko's troops and those commanded by Ou-yang-Wu appeared inevitable. Altogether some 3,000 troops were converging on Kiukiang where Ko had at his disposal 1,500 men. Rumours of reinforcements for both sides amounting to an open breach between north and south were current in the Yang-tsze Valley. It was commonly believed that an active coalition had been formed between the provinces of Anhui, Kiangsi, Kuangtung, Fukien, and possibly Hunan, to resist the authority of Yuan Shih Kai and that civil war was imminent. Fortunately, Wang Chih-hsiang, the official deputed by Yuan Shih Kai to arrange the matter of the munitions of war, was still in the province, and after some negotiation succeeded in persuading General Ko to resign and leave Kiukiang. This was a further triumph for the Kiangsi provincial authorities. In December last they refused to accept the civil administrator appointed by Peking; in February they threatened civil war unless Peking withdrew the embargo on the munitions of war purchased by the Provincial Government; in March they again threatened recourse to arms, unless an officer, backed by the Central Government, were forthwith removed from his post. In all three cases the Central Government, who claim to be able to enforce their will on the provinces, submitted to the dictation of the Kiangsi officials. The latter now only recognise the authority of Peking when it coincides with their own wishes. The murder of Sung Chiao Jen, under circumstances which enabled suspicion to be cast by their political opponents on the President and Premier at Peking, has further alienated the sympathies of the Yang-tsze provinces and strengthened the movement towards secession.\n\nKiangsi is also suffering from distress in the interior, due partly to the destruction of a large proportion of the crops by the floods of last summer and partly to the inclemency of the past winter.\n\nHupei.\n\nIn spite of a succession of disquieting rumours and some affrays between disorderly soldiers and the city guards, the authorities have been successful in preventing any serious breach of the peace in Wuchang during the past quarter, but a strong feeling of uneasiness as to the future exists among the inhabitants. The presence of a large number of disbanded soldiers is the most dangerous factor in the local situation. The rumours of impending trouble were particularly numerous towards the end of March, and many of the merchant class thought it more prudent to leave Wuchang and take up their residence in Hankow. On the nights of the 28th and 29th March special precautions were taken and the city was carefully picketed, but no disturbances of a serious nature actually occurred. A considerable force of Pei-yang troops have recently been sent down to Hankow as a precaution against disaffection amongst the local levies, and possibly, also, to strengthen the hands of General Li Yuan Hung in case of a struggle with the south.\n\nSerious rioting has been reported from other parts of Hupei, and bands of disbanded soldiers returning to their homes have been guilty of many acts of violence.\n\nHis Majesty's consul at Ichang reports that lawlessness still continues in the country districts. At Kinchou, a former Manchu stronghold, there are some 15,000 Manchus in a state of destitution, and attempts to transport them to other parts of the province have so far failed.\n\nHonan, Shensi, and Kansu.\n\nThe long-continued drought in this part of China, resulting in a total or partial failure of the crops, gives cause for considerable anxiety. A little rain has fallen recently, but much distress prevails. The state of affairs not unnaturally tends to increase the general disorder and swell the numbers of the robber bands. The country round Honan-fu is said to be very disturbed. Trade is almost at a standstill, and many of the merchants are leaving Honan altogether. The military authorities, however, have been doing their best to disperse the robber bands wherever their depredations have been excessive, and latest reports are of a more hopeful nature.\n\nSzechuan\n\nThe province of Szechuan would appear to be in the control of the secret societies which continue to impose upon the peaceful inhabitants in the guise of political parties in the Republican interest, while not disdaining at the same time to share in the spoils of the more or less organised raids of the robber gangs affiliated\n\n[1089]\n\nI\n\n235",
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        "content_text": "## \n\nRabbit, she is installing the machinery. The Director left for Hongkong and the works were closed down for the New Year holidays, so that the visit did not take place. Whilst exploring the fact that the United States authorities, by granting, through some unexplained oversight, an export permit in respect of the abovenamed vessel's cargo, should have placed themselves in a false position, the Naval Attache has come to the conclusion that after all no great harm has been done in view of the daily infraction of the Arms Importation Embargo by other parties thereto.\n\nIt will, however, be gathered from what has been written above that nothing could have been more friendly and frank than the relations of the party with myself as British representative.\n\nKr.Stevens arrived here on Chinese New Year's day, but owing to the intervening holidays, I have not yet been able to discover what he has been doing or saying. He has not been to see me, but is going to have a talk with the Compradors of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank from whom I hope to glean some information later on. Rapid and mendacious is the character ascribed to him by his two fellow-countrymen who have just departed.\n\nI have etc.,\n\n**(signed) H.S.Jamieson,  \nConsul-General.**\n\nJan 17",
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        "document_key": "CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4]",
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        "content_text": "No.14 (226/22).\n\n(SS\\008) - 0M\n\nC\n\n150\n\nBritish Legation,\n\nPeking,\n\nJanuary 12th, 1922.\n\nMy Lord,\n\nThe Civil Governor of Canton requested the Consul General at that port rather more than a year ago to give the Hongkong authorities permission to release two aeroplanes which had been imported by the Chinese-American Aviation Company, a company of ambiguous standing which is said to have been formed by an American named Hugo, and had been purchased from the Company by the Canton Government. The Governor stated that the machines would not be used for military purposes.\n\nThe matter having been referred to me, I considered that the granting of facilities for the removal of these machines from Hongkong to Canton would be inconsistent with the policy adopted in regard to the importation of British aeroplanes into China, and I therefore addressed a despatch to the Governor of Hongkong in which I set out the facts regarding our treatment of the aircraft question and interpretation of the Arms Embargo in relation thereto, and expressed the hope that His Excellency would be able to see his way to refuse the application from the Civil Governor of Canton.\n\nIn July of last year, the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs at Canton reverted to the matter, and His Majesty's Consul-General replied that he regretted his inability.\n\nThe Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G., G.C.S.I.,\n\netc.,\n\netc.,\n\netc.,\n\nForeign Office.",
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        "content_text": "Strong Hong Kong\n\nVOL. 4 1922 (1937) W:177214/43 2,000 12/32 H, J, R & L, LA Gp 113\n\n1\n\nFROM: Admiralty\n\nDATE SUBJECT\n\n13 Jan Capt. R. A. Neville. Remuneration as a ve\n\n19 May Seamen's strike.\n\nAgents\n\nEast: Praya Reclamation Scheme.\n\n28 Oct Defence & Development of H. Kong\n\n19 Jan Standard form of agreement\n\n12 Jan Rox ✓ Leung Co.\n\nA 22 Recruitment:\n\n4 25 4+\n\n12 T Foreign Office.\n\nH t\n\nR. Q.C. constable.\n\nLady H. V. May. Pension\n\n28 Jul Ex. R. Q.C. men appointed to H.H. Police\n\nWorks\n\n13 Oct. Development of four shore to westward of Elec Light\n\n29 Nov. Starbon Development\n\n16 Jaz Immigration of Chinese into S. America\n\nCountries\n\nAccommodation for Cadets at Canton.\n\n14 Mar Military outbreaks in China.\n\nTreaty between Soviet Govt & \"Red\" Mongolian\n\n5 Apr. Seamen's strike.\n\n3 May Political situation in S. China.\n\nAnti foreign agitation in Szechuan & Thersi Situation in Kwangtung, S. China\n\nJun Liquidation of enemy firms\n\nChinc arms embargo.\n\n29 Control of opium traffic.\n\nLiquidation of enemy forms.\n\n5 Jul Abolition of Br. Post offices\n\nSeamen's strike in China.\n\nCanton - Hongkong Ruby & Development of Port of Canton\n\n24 Aug Free trade between Japan & P. Isla Is.\n\n23 Status of Br. subjects of Chinese descent Taking out \"first papers\" of U.S. Citizenship..\n\nEffect on Br. person.\n\n1304",
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        "content_text": "MINUTES.\n\nTo 5 Dems. Conf. r.\n\n51993/1.\n\nTR dept\n\n> copy of endl\n\nJans after retin.\n\nFIH. 19.6.22\n\n19/6/22 at one\n\nMINUTES NOT TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE.\n\nIn any further communication on this subje, please quote No. 3.1602/110/10 and address- not to any person by name, but to- \"The Under-Secretary of State,\" Foreign Office, London, S.W.1.\n\n27167 222 REC REG 8 JUN 22\n\nTHE Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and, by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of the under-mentioned paper.\n\nForeign Office, 6th June, 1922\n\nReference to previous correspondence: 10/17270 Colonial Office letter No.14/240/1922 of 24 Apr\n\n  \n    Name and Date\n    Description of Enclosure\n    Subject\n  \n  \n    Am. Minister Peking No. 380 of 16th May\n    \n    China arms embargo\n  \n\nSimilar letter sent to 14-F.O.P. 5 422 [8306] (2)",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nCHINA.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n223\n\n[February 16.]\n\nSECTION 1.\n\n[F 745/110/10]\n\nNo. 1.\n\nFebruary 16.)\n\nMr. Balfour to Mr. Lloyd George.—(Communicated by Cabinet Offices,\n\n(No. 21.) Sir,\n\nWashington, February 2, 1922. AS you are aware it has more than once been suggested by His Majesty's Minister at Peking, and by the representatives there of other Powers, that the unsatisfactory state of affairs in the matter of the China Arms Embargo justified an attempt at its reaffirmation being made by the Washington Conference. I would refer you more especially to Sir B. Alston's telegram No. 531 of the 14th December last.\n\n2. An opportunity having presented itself, I accordingly introduced a draft Resolution before the Committee for Pacific and Far Eastern Affairs on the 24th January last (copy enclosed).\n\n3. There had been insufficient occasion to circulate advance copies of this Resolution to my colleagues, and it was no doubt largely on this account that the various Delegations showed less alacrity in dealing with the subject than might naturally have been expected seeing that all their Governments were already formally committed since May 1919 to the policy it embodied.\n\n4. The Italian, Belgian and Netherlands Delegations having stated that they must consult their Governments, the Resolution was held over until they should have received their instructions.\n\n5. In the interval informal discussion was carried on by a member of my staff with the various Delegations, and it was ascertained that the position was as follows: the French Delegation were entirely in favour of the reaffirmation of the embargo, and had indeed received instructions to raise the matter themselves if no other Delegation did so; the Japanese Delegation were equally in agreement, but had special difficulties to meet in view of certain outstanding Japanese contracts involving very considerable sums (see the Record of Conversation with Mr. Hanihara forwarded in my despatch No. 140 of the 30th January); the Belgian Delegation anticipated no objection on the part of their Government, but had to await formal instructions; the American Delegation were anxious to see the matter put through, and quoted the legislation just passed by Congress (copy enclosed) enabling the American Government to enforce the prohibition of export from the United States to China. As to the Italian Delegation, whilst professing their personal wish to see the Resolution adopted as it stood, without more ado, they intimated that they anticipated legal difficulties in making its application retroactive in the matter of contracts signed prior to the passing of the original Peking Resolution of May 1919.\n\n6. In the circumstances there was no option but to await upon events. The first Delegation in a position to act was the Netherlands. On the 26th January Jonkheer Beelaerts von Blokland informed me in the letter of which I enclose a copy that his Government were prepared to accept the Resolution as it stood with the exception of the words \"materials destined exclusively for the manufacture of arms and munitions of war,\" which were not covered by the existing Dutch legislation. This point I was easily able to meet by the substitution of the phrase \"whether complete or in parts.\" The text of the amended Resolution is enclosed.\n\n7. Meanwhile, the Belgian and Italian Delegations had received their instructions and the matter again came before the Committee on the 31st January. The American, Belgian and Netherlands Delegations at once notified their readiness to accept the Resolution in its amended form; but when it came to the turn of the Italian Delegation, Signor Schanzer, whilst asserting his Government's entire adherence to the policy of the Arms Embargo, added that their adherence was conditional upon the same reservation as that made by the Italian Legation at Peking in May 1919.\n\n8. In these circumstances, it was no matter for surprise that, when it came to the vote of the Japanese Delegation, Mr. Hanihara at once stated that the Italian reservation prevented him from adhering to the Resolution now before the Committee.\n\n78447-1]",
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        "content_text": "224\n\n÷\n\n2\n\n9. The question came up again on the 1st February, when Mr. Hanihara defined the position of his Delegation. Ever since the Peking Resolution of 1919, Japan had loyally carried out her obligations, and had succeeded, not without great difficulty, in restraining her nationals from carrying out certain contracts signed before that date. But the Japanese Government could not reasonably be expected to hold these contracts back if Italian nationals for their part were to have full liberty to proceed with similar contracts. The Japanese Government warmly supported the policy embodied in the Resolution, now before the Committee, which they believed to be the right one; but in the circumstances their inability to adhere was not unjustifiable.\n\n10. It was evident that matters had thus come to a complete deadlock; and when Signor Schanzer produced and read the instructions of his Government, showing that he had no option but to reaffirm the Italian reservation, it became obvious that no useful purpose was to be served by continuing the debate. I accordingly briefly summed up the situation and suggested that the Conference, having failed to reach unanimity, no course was open to me but to withdraw the Resolution and leave the matter over for negotiations between the various Governments through the ordinary, if less expeditious, channel of diplomatic correspondence at the various capitals. To this course Signor Schanzer, who, I think, realised the somewhat poor figure which his Government's instructions forced him to cut, at once agreed, whilst expressing the belief that the present difficulty would speedily be disposed of if the matter were dealt with as I had suggested.\n\n11. Before letting the matter drop, both Mr. Hughes and I intimated that our respective Governments could hardly be expected to acquiesce in a state of affairs under which, under the guise of existing contracts, the nationals of one Power might be indulging in the lucrative arms trade whilst our nationals were debarred from participating by our legislation.\n\n12. The matter thus stands as follows: The Resolution which I originally tabled on the 24th January, and amended to meet the Netherlands point of view on the 31st January, has been definitely withdrawn; the Japanese have announced that they cannot continue to hold their nationals in check so long as the Italian Government maintain their reservation. Both Mr. Hughes and I have left no doubt that our respective Governments share this point of view, and finally, at Mr. Hughes' suggestion, it has been left to the Italian Delegation to file their contracts with the Secretariat-General of the Conference, and make out the best case they can to justify their reservation, which, if the circumstances reported by His Majesty's Minister at Peking are correct, they may not find it altogether easy to accomplish.\n\n13. The results are thus purely negative. Nevertheless, they appear to me to have justified my action and to be more satisfactory than the present intolerable situation.\n\nI am, &c.\n\nmanufacture, and to prohibit such exportation from their territories or territories under their control until the establishment of a Government whose authority is recognised throughout the whole of China.\n\n2. Each of the above Powers will forthwith take such additional steps as may be necessary to make the above restrictions immediately binding.\n\n3. The scope of this Resolution includes all Concessions and Settlements in China.\n\n4. The United States of America will invite the adherence to this Resolution of the other Powers in treaty relations with China.\n\nEnclosure 3 in No. 1.\n\nRESOLVED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that whenever the President finds that in any American country, or in any country in which the United States exercises extra-territorial jurisdiction, conditions of domestic violence exist, which are or may be promoted by the use of arms or munitions of war procured from the United States, and makes proclamation thereof, it shall be unlawful to export, except under such limitations and exceptions as the President prescribes, any arms or munitions of war from any place in the United States to such country until otherwise ordered by the President or by Congress.\n\nDear Mr. Balfour,\n\nEnclosure 4 in No. 1.\n\nM. Beelaerts van Blokland to Mr. Balfour.\n\nNetherlands Delegation, Washington Conference,\n\nJanuary 30, 1922.\n\nI FEEL especially gratified in informing you that I have just been authorised by my Government to accept your draft resolution relating to the exportation of arms, &c., to China, as amended by yourself in the course of the last meeting of the Committee on Pacific and Far Eastern Questions.\n\nWith highest regards,\n\nSincerely yours,\n\nBEELAERTS VAN BLOKLAND.\n\nARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR.\n\n(Confidential.)\n\nEnclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nArms Embargo.\n\nTHE attached draft Resolution may possibly come up for discussion at the meeting of the Committee on Pacific and Far Eastern Questions, to be held at 3-30 this afternoon.\n\nL. C. CHRISTIE, Secretary,\n\nBritish Empire Delegation.\n\nFranklin Square Hotel, Washington, D.C.,\n\nJanuary 27, 1922.\n\nEnclosure 2 in No. 1.\n\nARMS EMBARGO.\n\nDraft Resolution.\n\nTHE United States of America, Belgium, the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Portugal affirm their intention to refrain from exporting to China arms or munitions of war, or material destined exclusively for their\n\nEnclosure 5 in No. 1.\n\nARMS EMBARGO.\n\nDraft Resolution.\n\nTHE United States of America, Belgium, the British Empire, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and Portugal affirm their intention to refrain from exporting to China arms or munitions of war, whether complete or in parts, and to prohibit such exportation from their territories or territories under their control until the establishment of a Government whose authority is recognised throughout the whole of China.\n\n2. Each of the above Powers will forthwith take such additional steps as may be necessary to make the above restrictions immediately binding.\n\n3. The scope of this Resolution includes all Concessions and Settlements in China.\n\n4. The United States of America will invite the adherence to this Resolution of the other Powers in treaty relations with China.",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nCHINA.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[F923/110/10]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n[May 16.]\n\nSECTION 4.\n\n227\n\n(No. 380.) Sir.\n\nThe Marquess Curzon of Kedleston to Sir B. Alston (Peking).\n\nForeign Office. May 16, 1922.\n\nWITH reference to my telegram No. 57 of the 23rd February and your telegram No. 74 of the 2nd instant, I transmit a copy of Earl Balfour's despatch (No. 21) 11737/ to the Prime Minister of the 2nd February, from which you will see that the British Empire Delegation at Washington made a determined effort to improve the present unsatisfactory situation in regard to the China arms embargo by obtaining a reaffirmation of the 1919 embargo by the Powers represented at the Conference on Pacific and Far Eastern Affairs. You will have learnt, however, from Earl Balfour's telegram No. 325 of the 2nd February, which was repeated to you, that his efforts failed to achieve the desired result owing to the obstructive attitude of the Italian Government, who qualified their acceptance of the proposed resolution by a reservation similar to that which they made in Peking in 1919 respecting outstanding contracts.\n\nThe best course now appears to be for you to discuss the question with your colleagues with a view to framing a recommendation, which should, if possible, be unanimous, as to the steps to be taken to place the embargo on a satisfactory footing, and I transmit herewith copy of a memorandum (B.E.D.-178) prepared by the Foreign Office Section of the British Empire Delegation at Washington, which forms a comprehensive survey of all the circumstances connected with the arms embargo up to date, with the following three exceptions:-\n\n(1) A contract by a Danish firm, Nielsen and Winter, for the supply of machinery to the Mukden arsenal has been reported to His Majesty's Legation at Copenhagen, and Mr. Parr was instructed on the 3rd January (see my despatch No. 18 of the 5th January) to co-operate with his American and Japanese colleagues in protesting to the Danish Government against the execution of this contract. The result of these representations has not yet been reported.\n\n(2) The representations made by Sir R. Graham at Rome, in concert with his French, Japanese and United States colleagues, respecting the supply of Italian arms to China at first only produced an evasive and inadequate reply, and Sir R. Graham's recent reports No. 1042 of the 28th December and No. 65 of the 20th January on this subject are enclosed for your information. You will have learnt, however, from Sir R. Graham's telegram No. 169 of the 12th April, which was repeated to you, that a more satisfactory reply has now been received from the Italian Government, and I transmit herewith copy of Sir R. Graham's despatch No. 339 of the 12th instant giving details of their undertaking now given that no further sales of Italian arms and ammunition in China will be made to the Chinese directly or indirectly.†\n\n(3) The engagement of a German engineer for the Chengtu arsenal, reported in your despatch No. 684 of the 22nd November, was not known to the Foreign Office Section at the time when their memorandum was prepared.\n\nThe amended draft resolution introduced by Earl Balfour before the Committee for Pacific and Far Eastern Affairs on the 31st January proposes to prohibit the export to China of arms or munitions of war, whether complete or in parts, but it is evident that in various instances recently some of the Powers have not been acting in accordance with the spirit of the embargo policy, and yet might claim to have been acting within the letter of the embargo resolution. In the light of our experience, it is therefore desirable that the scope of the embargo should be more precisely defined and widened so as to include materials and tools\n\nFebruary 16, Section 1.\n\n† April 18, Section 1.\n\n[5 q-4]\n\nPage 228\n\n...\n\nPage 228",
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        "content_text": "2\n\ndestined directly or indirectly for the manufacture of arms or munitions of war, arsenal equipment and personnel to supervise or assist in the use or manufacture of such arms and munitions and the training of such personnel. A wider formula may apparently meet with objection from your Netherlands colleague on the grounds of existing legislation in Holland, but I trust that if necessary this legislation could be amended. M. Starkenborgh, secretary-general to the Netherlands delegation, informed Mr. Lampson verbally at Washington on the 27th January that in his opinion the Netherlands would hardly be able to stand out of a general arms embargo policy, nor, indeed, did he suppose that they would wish to do so.\n\nEnquiries are being made of the Admiralty and War Office as to whether they can suggest a practical definition of the articles to which it would be advisable that the embargo should be extended, and the result will be communicated to you by telegraph if likely to be of assistance in the discussions to be held in Peking.\n\nThe question of including aircraft in the embargo is no doubt one of some delicacy in view of the aircraft supplied by Messrs. Vickers, but it is understood that deliveries under this contract have now been completed.\n\nThese machines, which were not armed, were sold to the Chinese Government under a definite assurance that they would not be used for military purposes, and the Chinese do not in fact appear to have succeeded, despite their attempts, in using them for military purposes to any appreciable extent. But, apart from this aspect of the question, it is undesirable on financial grounds that the Chinese Government should devote their resources to the purchase of aircraft when so many more pressing economic needs remain unsatisfied and so many debts are outstanding. You will recollect that for these reasons, and in view of our consortium policy, which was adopted subsequent to the conclusion of the Vickers contract, His Majesty's Government refused to countenance the fulfilment of a contract concluded by Messrs. Handley Page.\n\nThe circumstances of the Vickers contract were explained to the other Powers at the time, and in initiating the suggestion that the embargo should include \"aircraft\" there could be no question of bad faith on the part of His Majesty's Government.\n\nHowever, while it seems desirable that aircraft should be included in the embargo, I agree that it may be better in all the circumstances that the suggestion should be initiated by some other Power.\n\nThe policy of restricting or preventing the import of aircraft into China is, in fact, already being adopted by the Canadian Government, as shown in the correspondence sent to you in my despatch No. 993 of the 19th October. I have recently learnt that it is also being adopted by the Australian Government, who have issued instructions to Australian collectors of customs to detain all shipments of aircraft to China pending decision on the merits of each individual case; and it has evidently been adopted by the Colonial Government of Hong Kong in the case of the two American airplanes detained in that colony en route to Canton. I regret to learn from your despatch No. 14 of the 18th January that these two machines have successfully evaded the refusal to release them by shipment to Manila and back to Canton, but I trust that recent American legislation may close this loophole for the entry of arms and munitions of war into China.\n\nFor the same reasons it seems desirable that the embargo should extend to personnel to supervise, or assist in, the use of aircraft and the training of such personnel, including the training of Chinese officers in the Royal Air Force training schools, which has formed the subject of correspondence terminating with your telegram No. 53 of the 11th February.\n\nThe Governments whose names were included in the notification made by the doyen of the Diplomatic Body at Peking to the Chinese Government on the 5th May, 1919, as having agreed to an arms embargo, or who subsequently adhered to the arrangement, are: Great Britain, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain and the United States. Of these, Belgium, the Netherlands, Japan and the United States have already signified their readiness to reaffirm the embargo in the form of Earl Balfour's draft resolution, provided the Italian reservation regarding contracts already concluded prior to the original imposition of the embargo is withdrawn. The Japanese Minister at Peking appears anxious to go further and strengthen the embargo, while the United States seem ready to do so if we will indicate the formula, and have just passed a special resolution of Congress giving the President wider powers to regulate the export of arms to countries in which the United States exercises extra-territorial jurisdiction.\n\n3\n\nA copy of this resolution is enclosed, as well as a copy of a proclamation issued by the President thereunder announcing the application of the resolution to China.\n\nI am now approaching the Governments who were parties to the former embargo, with the exception, of course, of Russia, with a view to the issue of instructions to their representatives in Peking to discuss the framing of a recommendation as to the best means of putting the embargo on a more satisfactory footing.\n\nThe Governments of Germany and Austria are not parties to the existing embargo agreed on in 1919, but of course they are precluded by the Treaties of Peace from supplying arms, and in any case cannot exercise jurisdiction over their nationals in China. I agree, however, that it would be advantageous, if not essential, in view of the German Government's connection with the trade in arsenal equipment, to obtain their co-operation in making the embargo effective, and I am approaching these two Governments with a view to associating them, as far as possible, with any joint action of the kind contemplated.\n\nLastly, it seems highly desirable that the Chinese Government should be induced to co-operate, or at least to acquiesce in the embargo, since Chinese citizens might otherwise circumvent it to a certain extent, either by direct importation or with the assistance of the nationals of those Powers not parties thereto, or of foreign nationals in China over whom the Chinese Government themselves have jurisdiction.\n\nCURZON OF KEDLESTON.\n\nI am, &c.\n\nEnclosure 1 in No. 1.\n\nMemorandum by Foreign Office Section of British Empire Delegation (Washington) respecting the Arms Embargo in China. (Confidential.) (B.E.D.-178.)\n\nPRACTICALLY since the revolution of 1911, China has been in a state of intermittent civil war. At first, the Republicans were fighting the Imperialists; then the North was fighting the South; and now a stage has been reached when military chieftains throughout the various provinces wage war against each other. It was in order to discourage this warfare, by preventing the supply of arms and ammunition from abroad, that the arms embargo policy was initiated.\n\nFrom 1911 onwards, it had been a well-known fact that the warring factions in China had obtained large supplies of munitions from abroad, generally from Japan. This feeding of civil strife became increasingly evident towards the close of the European war. Japan advanced important sums to the Peking Government at that time, e.g., the so-called War Participation Loan, of 20,000,000 yen (£2,500,000); and large contracts for the supply of munitions were placed with Japanese firms.\n\nThis state of affairs came to an end with the fall of the Terauchi Ministry in the autumn of 1918. The new Japanese Premier, Mr. Hara, at once stated that his attitude towards China would be one of non-interference in her internal affairs, and a discontinuance of his predecessor's loan policy.\n\nIt was under these circumstances that the arms embargo came into being. It was realised that the end of the European war would find the world encumbered with vast stores of surplus munitions, and that many of these would find a ready market in China, where they would only serve to perpetuate civil war. It was realised also that if one country refrained from supplying arms to China, the opportunity would at once be seized by some other country, unless an international policy of self-denial could be successfully invoked.\n\nAccordingly, on the 5th May, 1919, the doyen of the Diplomatic Body at Peking made the following notification to the Chinese Government:\n\n'The Governments of Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, the United States, Russia, Brazil, France and Japan have agreed effectively to restrain their subjects and citizens from exporting to or importing into China arms and munitions of war and material destined exclusively for their manufacture until the establishment of a Government whose authority is recognised throughout the whole country, and also to prohibit during the above period the delivery of arms and munitions for which contracts have already been made but not executed.'\n\n+ March 21, Section 2.\n\n* March 10, Section 2.\n\n228",
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        "content_text": "In \n\nThe Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium subsequently adhered to this arrangement. Italy also acceded, but with the important reservation that all contracts already concluded by Italians or to be concluded by them before all the Powers had signified their consent to the agreement should be excluded. The reason for this reservation was the existence of two Italian arms contracts not yet executed. In December, the British, French, American and Japanese representatives at Rome protested against this attitude and asked for assurances that none of the existing Italian contracts would be executed. So far as British subjects were concerned, the arms embargo was at once brought into action by means of a Regulation, which is still in force. (Copy enclosed.) \n\nUrgent King's \n\nThe arms embargo policy succeeded at any rate in putting a complete check on the supply of arms from Japan; and the Japanese have observed its stipulations very faithfully, though from time to time they have urged that they can no longer handicap their merchants, unless other countries interpret the embargo equally strictly. For the smooth and effective working of the embargo has been hampered for several reasons, such as (1) the continuance of civil disorder in China—at the time of the embargo it appeared as if peace were in sight, (2) difficulties of arriving at an exact definition of \"munitions of war,\" (3) difficulties experienced, either willingly or unwillingly, by certain countries in restraining the activities of their nationals. \n\nThe following cases illustrate the kind of difficulties with which the embargo policy has had to contend:— \n\n1. Vickers Aeroplane Contract.—After the announcement of the embargo, Messrs. Vickers, supported by His Majesty's Government, signed a contract with the Chinese Government for the supply of aeroplanes for commercial use. At the time, this deal aroused adverse comment, and we were accused of bad faith, especially when, during 1920, these aeroplanes were actually seized by warring generals and used for military purposes. \n\n2. The Italian Arms Supply.—The unsatisfactory attitude of the Italians has already been indicated, and the reservation made by them before adhering to the embargo. A cargo of Italian arms reached China in November 1919, and were there stored in Italian barracks. In July 1920 it became known that some of these arms were being supplied to the Chinese. The Italian Minister publicly admitted this, but stated that the remaining stocks were under the control of his Legation, and no further deliveries could be made without his consent. This incident led to renewed protests at Rome on the part of Great Britain, France, the United States of America and Japan. The Italian reply was unsatisfactory; they maintained their original reservation. \n\n3. The American Arms Supply.—During 1920 and 1921 it became known that Americans were supplying the revolutionary Government at Canton with a considerable number of aeroplanes, obviously for military use, and that American machinery was being supplied for Canton arsenal, where an American was employed as engineer-in-chief. Americans were also working at the Canton aerodrome, and in one case an American aviator had actually been killed in action in the Chinese civil war. Contrary to the case of the Italians, there is no reason to think that the United States Government connives at these activities. Their legal position constitutes the difficulty. On the 22nd March, 1921, they explained to His Majesty's Government that, owing to the repeal of the Espionage Act (of the 15th June, 1917) they had lost the legal power to control the export of arms and ammunition, endeavouring to obtain from Congress a renewal of the necessary authority. But they had not changed their policy in regard to the embargo, and they hoped that nothing would be done to change the policy of the other Powers. \n\n4. Training of Aviators.—In the spring of 1921, His Majesty's Government refused a request from the Chinese Government for instruction in aviation for two Chinese officers. We considered that it was contrary to the spirit of the embargo. The students were at once given facilities in America. In reply to an enquiry from us, the United States Government replied that they did not regard such training as falling within the scope of the original arms embargo, but that if it were the desire of the British Government to broaden the scope of that agreement, they would be happy to give consideration to any formula which we might suggest. \n\nThe question dropped until December last year when it was again brought to the fore by the action of the Italians. The Japanese Minister at Peking had ascertained that Italian arms had been handed over secretly on the nights of the 21st and 22nd November to the Military Governor of Chibli. The Italian Chargé d'Affaires had stated in justification that his Government had never recognised the arms embargo as applying to contracts made before its adoption. Until ordered otherwise, he considered himself at liberty to dispose of the arms. \n\nHis Majesty's Minister, however, has been informed that there were actually in the Italian Legation exhibits of arms, and a catalogue of the stock available for intending purchasers. He is therefore sceptical of the Italian assertion that they had contracted to sell any of these arms before the date of the embargo. He thinks that the arms in question were merely shipped before that date. \n\nIdentic telegrams on the subject were forthwith addressed to their Governments by the British, French, Japanese and American Ministers. The Japanese Government proposed at once to protest at Rome; and the British Ambassador there was instructed to associate himself with the protest. \n\nAt the same time the representatives of the four Powers at Peking suggested that the matter be brought before the conference at Washington. \n\nThe question has been further complicated by a report that a Danish firm is supplying a large order for plant for the arsenal of Chang Tso Lin, Military Governor of Mukden; and that machinery for the manufacture of rifles and guns for the same arsenal is to come from Germany. Denmark is a signatory of the arms embargo; Germany is not. (But by article 170 of the Treaty of Versailles \"manufacture of and export to foreign countries of arms, munitions and war material of every kind by Germany is prohibited.) \n\nCommenting on this latest report, Sir B. Alston considers that the matter is of an urgency warranting serious discussion at Washington with a view, if possible, to bringing into operation a really effective and universal embargo, or, if this unfortunately proves unobtainable, to placing all foreign Powers on an equal footing as regards liberty to supply China with war material. \n\nThe United States Legation at Copenhagen has enquired (on the 22nd December, 1921) from the British Chargé d'Affaires, whether he had been instructed to concert with them and the Japanese in a protest to the Danish Government. \n\nThe second alternative is clearly undesirable, and contrary to all the aspirations of the conference for the rehabilitation of China. The Pacific and Far Eastern Committee has already (on the 5th January) adopted a resolution condemning the excessive military forces maintained by provincial chieftains. In pursuance of this policy it might seem opportune for the Conference Powers (who have all except China signed the embargo and who include all the Embargo Powers except Spain, Russia, Brazil and Denmark) to reaffirm that agreement, and to promise to take such steps as may be necessary to render it effective. \n\nA draft resolution for submission to the conference is attached hereto. \n\nSub-Enclosure 1 to Enclosure 1 in No. 1. \n\nNOTICE. \n\nThe following regulations, made by His Majesty's Minister, and hereby declared to be urgent, are published for general information. \n\nPeking, June 2, 1919. \n\nJ. N. JORDAN, \n\nHis Britannic Majesty's Minister. \n\nKING'S REGULATIONS MADE UNDER ARTICLE 155 OF \"THE CHINA ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1904, AND ARTICLE 13 OF \"THE CHINA (AMENDMENT) ORDER IN COUNCIL, 1907.\" \n\nNo. 25 of 1919. \n\nRegulations prohibiting Import, Export, or Dealing in Arms. \n\n1. No person shall, either on his own behalf or on behalf of any other person of whatever nationality— \n\nImport into or export out of China or any concession, settlement, or leased territory in China; or buy, sell, or deal in; or enter into negotiations for the sale or purchase of or other dealings in arms, ammunition and munitions of war of every description, but exclusive of sporting weapons and ammunition therefor. \n\nPage 5\n\nC \n\n229",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\n8\n\nThe Government's representatives thereupon met the seamen's delegates, who put forward the following matters for discussion:-\n\n(a) The reopening of the Seamen's Union.\n\n(b) The question of persons in custody in connection with the strike.\n\n(c) The question of banishment of members of the Seamen's Union.\n\n(d) A claim by the guild that they should be allowed to send an interpreter to attend the signing on or off of articles by Chinese seamen.\n\n(e) The collision between Chinese and armed Government forces on the Shatin Road on the 4th March.\n\nWith regard to (a) the Government's representatives referred to the Government's former proclamation regarding the reopening of the guild, and agreed that a public announcement by the delegates of a complete settlement would meet the conditions then imposed.\n\nIn answer to (b) the Government's representatives said that they would ask the Governor to release persons who were held in custody solely on the ground that they were members of the union. They would inform the Governor that the delegates had raised the question of men imprisoned for offences against the law, but they could hold out no hope of remission of sentence.\n\nIn reply to (c) an assurance was given that no officers or members of the Seamen's Union would be banished on the ground of holding office or of membership.\n\nIn connection with (d) the Government's representatives were impressed by a statement made by the delegates that ship's articles were written in English only and not in Chinese, and that in many cases men signed under the impression that they were entitled to various privileges which were refused to them when they went on shipboard. It was agreed that any members of the union who so desired should be allowed to take with them to the signing on or off of articles an interpreter from the union, with the proviso that this agreement was not to apply to foreign consulates. It was further stated that the matter of improving the Government's arrangements for providing an adequate interpretation of articles would be looked into.\n\nThe last point (e) was met by a promise that a public judicial enquiry would be held, and that the Government would be prepared to consider favourably the giving of compensation in the case of any persons who had been killed or injured.\n\nThe delegates thereupon agreed that a settlement satisfactory in every detail had been come to, and they issued a notice to that effect on the same evening.\n\nOn the morning of the 6th March the Governor in Council rescinded the Order in Council declaring the Seamen's Union to be an unlawful society, and on the same evening the necessary steps were taken to release persons held in custody on the ground of membership of the Seamen's Union, and also a number of other persons who had been detained for further enquiry in connection with the general strike.\n\nCHINA.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[F1577/927/10]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n[April 26.]\n\nSECTION 1.\n\nConsul-General Jamieson to the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston.-(Received April 26.)\n\n(No. 3.) My Lord,\n\nCanton, March 17, 1922.\n\nI HAVE the honour to forward herewith copies of a despatch which I have addressed to His Majesty's Minister at Peking, summing up the causes underlying the outbreak of the recent seamen's strike in Hong Kong.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nJ. W. JAMIESON.\n\nEnclosure I in No. 1.\n\nConsul-General Jamieson to Sir B. Alston.\n\n(No. 8. Very Confidential.) Sir,\n\nCanton, March 13, 1922.\n\nIN my immediately preceding despatch of the 11th March, I had the honour to submit a short account of the history and origin of the late seamen's strike, and I now propose to endeavour to analyse the causes underlying the attempt to transform it into what may well be described as an anti-foreign-if not purely anti-British-movement.\n\n2. As already reported, the recent apparent indifference of the shipowners towards the demands of the seamen for an increase of wages and the withdrawal of their counter-offer at an early stage resulted in an exodus of the men from Hong Kong into Kwangtung, where they were at once got hold of by the Kuo Min Tang and fell under the direct influence of Hsieh Ying-po, an arch-Socialist of the Marxian type. Sun Yat-sen, the acknowledged head of the Kuo Min Tang, was not slow to see that chance had placed in his hand a formidable weapon wherewith to annoy Great Britain, and more particularly the British colony of Hong Kong, against whom he cherishes deep-seated grudges of long standing, and accordingly gave the agitation the whole-hearted support of himself and his party.\n\n3. The grounds on which Sun bases his antagonism to us are many. He feels, in the first place, convinced that we are determined to crush his efforts to become the ruler of a united China under a Cantonese hegemony, and as indicative of this attitude he cites in season and out of season our refusal officially to recognise his Government. He ignores the fact that the other Powers equally refuse so to do, and lays the principal blame on us, because Sir John Jordan was for many years chief of the Diplomatic Body, and hence supposed largely to sway its decisions in matters such as allocation of customs surplus, arms embargo, &c., and because we are consistently loyal to the policy of recognising one Government only. With the exception of my French colleague and myself, all the local consuls have had relations, either official or unofficial, with him, and one at least did not fail to comment disingenuously on my attitude of aloofness. Capital will no doubt be made out of the present visit to Canton of the Minister of the United States of America, for the purpose of contrasting the American and the British attitudes. The various proscriptions to which Sun has from time to time been subjected in British colonies and the restrictions placed on the activities of his agents therein are additional grievances, as is the criticism levelled in the British press throughout the Far East against his fanciful projects for developing China. He is convinced that at the bottom thereof lies concealed a determination, by strangling the trade of Canton, to increase that of Hong Kong and to encroach more and more on Chinese territory. The most irrelevant facts are adduced to bolster up this fixed idea, such as our pressing for the completion of the loop-line, our naval patrol of the West River, the non-registration of Chinese schools in the Straits Settlements and Malaya-in short, any action we take, which, although perfectly justifiable in itself, may conflict with a theory of sovereign rights which he and his followers have set up for themselves.\n\n[8262 cc-1]\n\nB\n\n283",
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        "content_text": "HONG KONG\n\nDATE: 19 October 1922\n\nSUBJECT: China Arms Embargo\n\nFOR CIRCULATION\n\nMr. Raheel\n\nMr. Alithic\n\nAfr. Grindle\n\nSir H. Lambert\n\nSir H. Read\n\nSir J. Masterton Smith\n\nMr. Wood\n\nMr. Churchill\n\nLt. Col. Cong\n\nPrevious Paper\n\nMINUTES\n\nCopy endorsed to Conf. L.F.\n\nJesuit Debt Slater\n\nEx. to see.\n\nDon't Dept see an 52883).\n\nSeen at 20/10/22\n\n21/10\n\n£3\n\nAt once\n\nSubsequent Paper\n\n702833\n\nSEL. 20037–86. 00,000. 11:31. T.S.",
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        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office If not required for official use.\n\nPOLITICAL\n\n440\n\nCHINA\n\nDecode.\n\nSir B. Alston, (Peking),\n\nOctober 5th 1922.\n\nD.\n\nR.\n\n5.40 p.m.\n\n8.30 a.m.\n\nOctober 5th 1922.\n\nOctober 6th 1922.\n\nNo.304.\n\n(R).\n\nFollowing identic telegram is being sent by representatives in Peking to their respective governments.\n\nAs regards arms embargo Corps Diplomatique unanimously approved of Washington formula \"arms or munitions of war whether complete or in parts\" but they could not agree on any modification of that language for the purpose of extending or strengthening prohibition. They unanimously agreed however to submit to their respective governments the following interpretation of note namely:-\n\n\"This is understood to include aircraft other than commercial aircraft and machinery and materials destined exclusively for manufacture of arms or equipment of arsenal\".",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]\n\n36\n\nCHINA\n\nDecode.\n\nPOLITICAL\n\nSir B. Alston. (Peking).\n\nOctober 7th, 1922.\n\nD.\n\nR.\n\n9.10.p.m. October 7th, 1922.\n\nNO. 307.\n\n(R).\n\n6.30.a.m. October 8th, 1922.\n\nMy telegram No. 304 was sent as result of meeting summoned to discuss proposals of His Majesty's Government contained in your despatch No. 380 of May 16th. I have done utmost to urge on my colleagues importance of widening embargo but majority are sceptical and general impression exists that embargo is more or less of a farce.\n\nI submit following observations on identic telegram:\n\n1. To China, Washington formula only prohibited export. We alone prohibit import into and sale in China and alone have had requisite authority to enforce terms of 1919 embargo.\n\n2. Unless and until recognized government in Russian Siberia becomes party to embargo there must continue to be serious leakage. Large quantities of arms have been sold to Manchuria, my colleagues have no power to prevent their nationals taking part in this trade.\n\n3. Proposals as to questions of personnel in arsenals and inclusion of all aircraft were ruled out...",
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        "content_text": "FROM 1922\n\n1.0.\n\nFOR CIRCULATION\n\nMr. Smith\n\nMr. Commaso Defr.\n\nHONG KONG\n\nDATE.\n\n24 October 1922\n\nSUBJECT\n\n444 C\n\n52833\n\n25 OCT 22\n\nTheria Arms Embargo\n\nMr. Grindle\n\nSir H. Lambert\n\nSir H. Read\n\nSir J. Masterton Smith\n\nMr. Wood\n\nMr. Churchill\n\nBerlin in copy leap. fr. Stow. Ambed at\n\nPrevious Paper\n\nMINUTES\n\n70 5217\n\n$2117 is ge\n\nA\n\nSeen Jot 28/10/22\n\n$15.\n\n2 -0\n\nSubsequent Pap\n\n70 53623\n\n(*1401] W&. 20017—88. 48,000 IPL T. B\n\n70\"\n\n54327\n\n22 DOMEST\n\nLocales 52117.\n\newell in 52117\n\nin sally shutters\n\nCours of the well\n\nLady Le Cubay\n\nunindiati\n\ncarri de\n\naction is requind\n\npara of Alegram to die B. Alsta No Dons action requiind\n\n30, 10. 21.\n\n30/10/2014/free\n\nJaut",
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        "content_text": "MINUTES.\n\nMINUTES NOT TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE.\n\nIn any further communication on this subject, please quote No. 33244/110/10, and address—not to any person by name, but to—\"The Under-Secretary of State,\" Foreign Office, London, S.W. 1.\n\nRE 52833 (R: 25 OCT 22)\n\nTHE Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies and, by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copy of the under-mentioned paper.\n\nForeign Office, 25th October 1922.\n\n→ Reference to previous correspondence: Foreign Office letter No. 23133/110/10 of 19th Oct.\n\n  \n    Name and Date\n    Description of Enclosure\n    Subject\n  \n  \n    His Majesty's Ambassador, Berlin. No. 491 of 24 Oct.\n    \n    China arms embargo\n  \n\nF.O.P. 5M 782 [8628]\n\nSimilar letter sent to Admiralty, War Office, and India Office.",
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        "content_text": "Copy.\n\n(3244/110/10),\n\nNo. 791.\n\nBerlin,\n\nOctober 12th, 1922.\n\nMy Lord Marquess,\n\nI did not fail to acquaint the\n\nGerman Government, as instructed in Your Lordship's\n\ndespatch No. 1174 of the 20th July last, with the attitude of His Majesty's Government towards the question of the China Arms Embargo.\n\nI have now received a communication\n\nfrom the Ministry for Foreign Affairs to the effect that the German Legation at Peking has been instructed by telegraph that the German Government have no\n\nobjection to the proposal made by the Diplomatic Body\n\nin Peking at their meeting of the 3rd October.\n\nI have, etc.,\n\n(Signed) D'Abernon.\n\nThe Most Honourable\n\nThe Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, K.G.,\n\netc., etc., etc.\n\n446",
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        "content_text": "FROM \n\n1922 \n\nHONG KONG \n\nDATE. \n\n28 October 1922 \n\n1.0. \n\nFOR CIRCULATION —— \n\nSUBJECT \n\nMr. Buchs \n\nMr. Collin \n\nRF- 53623 \n\n*ST 22] \n\nR 30 CT 22 \n\n447 \n\nChina Arms Embargo. \n\nMr. Grindle \n\nSir H. Lambert \n\nSir H. Read \n\nSir J. Masterton Smith \n\nMr. Wood \n\nMr. Churchill \n\nConsiders it unnecessary to prohibit export to China of substances mentioned. The Corps Diplomatique at Peking could only agree to the prohibition of export to China of aircraft other than commercial aircraft.\n\nPrevious Paper \n\nMINUTES \n\nSov 15128 \n\nCONF. \n\nRo 12723 \n\n52933 \n\nSubsequent Paper \n\nMaris (*101} W 30817--39. 80,000. 1171. TA \n\nThis \n\nA \n\nArms embargo.\n\n950 reply.\n\nPage 22\n\n...\n\nSeen & word in h \n\nBree.\n\nJa361111 \n\nM. Diefen \n\nNo action \n\n10/1 \n\nAt once \n\nAE@ 3 \n\n10.11.20 \n\n10/%/22 \n\n...",
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        "content_text": "MINUTES.\n\nMINUTES NOT TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE.\n\nIn any further communication on this subject, please quote\n\nR 3227/110/10.\n\nAnd address\n\nNot to any person by name,\n\nbut to-\n\n\"The Under-Secretary of State,\" Foreign Office,\n\nLondon, S.W.1\n\nCO 53623\n\n448\n\nFOREIGN OFFICE. S.W.1.\n\n28th October 1922.\n\nI am directed by the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston to\n\nacknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 49484/22 of the\n\n13th instant, enclosing a despatch from the Officer Administering\n\nthe Government of Hongkong, regarding the China Arms Embargo.\n\n2.\n\nHaving regard to the fact that the other powers do not\n\nprohibit the export from their dominions to China of the substances mentioned in the list attached to that despatch, the\n\nSecretary of State is of the opinion that it is not necessary in\n\nthe present circumstances to prohibit their export to China from\n\nHongkong.\n\n3.\n\nIt is observed that the export of aircraft of all kinds\n\nto China from Hongkong is absolutely prohibited. In this\n\nconnection, I am to inform you that at their recent discussion\n\nregarding the Arms Embargo the Corps Diplomatique at Peking could only agree, so far as aircraft is concerned, to recommend the prohibition of the export to China of aircraft other than\n\ncommercial aircraft.\n\nThe Under Secretary of State,\n\nColonial Office.\n\nI am,\n\nSir,\n\nYour obedient Servant,\n\nJ. Gellery\n\nPage 450\n\nPage 451",
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        "content_text": "70.53623/22\n\n449\n\n15 Nov. 22.\n\nDRAFT.\n\nMINUTE.\n\nMr. Harman 10/11/22\n\nMr. Beckett\n\nMr. Davis.\n\nSir G. Grindle.\n\nSir H. Read.\n\nSir J. Masterton Smith.\n\nMr. Wood.\n\nMr. Churchill.\n\nTo acknowledge the receipt of your telegram of the 7th Oct., respecting Arms embargo, to request you to inform the Marquess Curzon of Kedleston that a reply is being sent to the Colonial Office.\n\n(Signed) G. GRINDLE\n\nCopy to W. 7.3227/10/10\n\n53623 for. cf.\n\nConf. ref 49.484.",
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        "content_text": "## General Correspondence from Shanghai\n\n(Signed) G. GRINDLE\n\n**FOR CIRCULATION**\nMr. Asst. U.S. of S.\nHONG KONG\nDATE: 14 February 1923\nSUBJECT: China Arms Embargo\n\n8443\nRECORD: 17 FEB 23\nPerm't U.S. of S.\nParb U.S. of S.\nSecretary of State,\n\nIt is hoped that the policy of all governments represented at Peking, in regard to the Arms Embargo, will shortly be brought into line. Steps are being taken to ascertain whether the German Government is prepared to adopt and enforce the recommendations of the Diplomatic body at Peking.\n\n**MINUTES**\n| Reference | Note |\n| --- | --- |\n| 70-54327/22 | In draft below. |\n|  | It shall be sufficient to send this letter to... (text cut off) |\n|  | FR: be sent at once |\n|  | AB: A copy |\n| LA(367578) W7 70119/28 | Subsequent Paper: Encl No. 80,000 11 99 15 |\n\n**Previous Paper**: Eor5728745\n**Subsequent Paper**: `LA(367578) W7 70119/28`",
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        "content_text": "## MINUTES\nMINUTES NOT TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE.\n\nIn any further communication on this subject, please quote `No. 336/48/10` and address, not to any person by name.\n\nCO 8443  \nREC  \nFOREIGN OFFICE.  \n76  \nRec'd 17 FEB 23  \n\n**\"The Under-Secretary of State.\"**  \nForeign Office,  \nSir,  \nLondon, S.W.I  \n15th February, 1923.\n\nFor `572874/63`\n\nWith reference to your letter `No.5128/1922-23` of the 6th instant, I am directed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to state that, as the Duke of Devonshire will be aware from recent correspondence, the Diplomatic Body at Peking in October last considered the question of the embargo on the export of arms and munitions of war to China and agreed upon certain recommendations which were to be forwarded to the respective governments for adoption. It is therefore hoped that the policy of all the governments represented at Peking (of whom the German Government is of course one), in regard to the arms embargo, will shortly be brought into line.\n\nI am to add that steps are being taken through His Majesty's Ambassador at Berlin to ascertain whether the German Government are prepared to adopt and enforce the recommendations of the Diplomatic Body.\n\nI am,  \nSir,  \nYour obedient Servant,  \nJ. Wellesley\n\nThe Under-Secretary of State,  \nColonial Office.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-485 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1924 [8-12]",
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        "content_text": "## EXTRACT FROM CHINA COMMAND INTELLIGENCE DIARY\n\n1st to 31st AUGUST 1924.\n\n### S.S. \"HAV\" ARMS CONSIGNMENT.\n\nA consignment of arms shipped by a German firm on the Norwegian Steamer S.S.\"HAV\" arrived in Canton during the month. The consignment was declared to consist of:-\n\n| Item | Quantity |\n| --- | --- |\n| Rifles | 4,350 |\n| Ammunition for same | 1,500,000 rounds |\n| Mauser Pistols | 331 |\n| Ammunition for same | 2,060,000 rounds |\n| Miscellaneous Revolvers | 660 |\n| Ammunition for same | 164,000 rounds |\n\nThe shipment was consigned to the Merchant Volunteers at Canton, but was seized by the Kwangtung Government on the grounds that the permit secured by the Volunteers for this importation of these munitions was obtained by a false manifest. No definite information has been received but it is believed the consignment included a number of machine guns (about 100), some 47 m.m. mountain guns, and the parts for two aeroplanes. The arms are understood to be of various countries' makes, and to have been purchased in Belgium.\n\nNOTE: As neither Germany nor Norway are signatories to the Arms Embargo, the \"HAV\" consignment was openly declared and shipped to Canton as munitions of war.",
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        "content_text": "# Tilting \n\n*(8/10)* \n*(1598/24)* \n\n**British Legation, Peking.**\n\nSir,\n\nSeptember 6th, 1924.\n\nPage 363\n\nWith reference to my telegram No.245 of September 5th, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith copy of a despatch of the 4th ultimo which I have received from His Majesty's Consul-General, Canton, containing an interesting review of the circumstances attending the shipment of arms to that city by the Norwegian steamship \"HAY\". It would be well that I should here recall the fact that Norway is not a party to the China Arms Embargo Agreement.\n\nThe vessel arrived in Canton from Belgium on the 10th ultimo with a large supply of arms consigned by Alfred Bleymiller of Antwerp to the German firm of Sander Wieler, Canton, who were acting on behalf of the Canton Merchant Volunteers. This corps appears to have been originally formed for the maintenance of order in Canton, but it is clear from Mr. Giles' despatch that the members of this organisation had become disgusted with their treatment at the hands of Doctor Sun Yat-sen and his satellites and with the abuses of his régime and that the Commandant, one Chan Lim-pak, Compradore of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, evidently intended to secure the arms for his Corps with a view to overthrowing the present Canton administration and freeing the city of the Yunnanese troops and other hired mercenaries.\n\nThe Right Honourable  \nJames Ramsay MacDonald, M.P.,  \netc.  \n**FOREIGN OFFICE.**",
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        "content_text": "# 364\n\nThe alleged complicity of the officials of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank in this breach of the Arms Embargo Agreement and the subsequent events which took place after the arrival of the \"MAY\" at Canton are fully explained by Mr. Giles. It would appear almost incredible that the late Mr. Stephen and the other officials of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank should really have been induced by their connivance to involve themselves in this discreditable gun-running business and it is possible that Sir James Jamieson on his return to Canton in the Autumn may be able to throw further light on this aspect of the matter, which I do not propose in the meantime to pursue any further. I would add, however, that the Inspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs, who came round to see me recently on this subject, was evidently in possession of all the details of the story related in Mr. Giles' despatch but, as it appeared that his Commissioner at Canton, a British subject and relatively senior member of the Maritime Customs Service, had also been implicated, it is unlikely that Sir Francis Aglen will make any disclosures on the subject unless he is obliged to do so.\n\nAfter the \"MAY\" had been forced, under a threat of being fired upon by a Chinese gunboat, to stop unloading her cargo and to return to Whampoa, the Senior Consul at Canton telegraphed to the Doyen of the Corps Diplomatique asking whether, in view of the interference with the rights of the Chinese Maritime Customs who normally have jurisdiction in such matters, foreign naval assistance might not properly be invoked in the event of the forcible seizure of the arms by Doctor Sun Yat-sen's Government or any other party. In the meantime, however, the arms and ammunition had actually been landed by the Canton Military Authorities and the suggestion of naval intervention was therefore eliminated; but the Doyen, after consulting his colleagues, informed",
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        "content_text": "# 367\n\nA movement to bring about the removal of the Yunnanese and other extra-provincial troops, and to establish a Government run by Cantonese for the benefit of Canton.\n\nWith these aims in themselves one may well sympathize, impossible though it may be for us to countenance the methods by which it was sought to attain them. The total number of armed Volunteers in Canton is 8000, with a further 20,000 in the rest of the Province. With the consignment brought by the \"Hay\" it was hoped to arm at least 5,000 more.\n\nI gather that a few months ago Chan Lim-Fak represented to Mr. Donald Forbes, the local Agent of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, the advantages that would accrue to trade if the extra-provincial troops that were battening on the City and perpetuating a reign of chaos could be expelled and peace and order restored. He represented that this could best be brought about through the Merchant Volunteers. Owing to the Arms Embargo Agreement, however, it was impossible to obtain the requisite munitions openly, and it was therefore found necessary to smuggle them into Canton. Chan had always exercised great influence over Mr. Forbes, and the latter apparently consented to submit the proposal to Mr. A.G. Stephen, the Chief Manager of the Bank in Hongkong.\n\nThe situation in Canton had already caused the Bank authorities serious concern. It is stated that during 1925 a sum of no less than $100,000,000 was wrung out of the City in the shape of taxes both regular and irregular, military requisitions and so forth. Of this sum only about $80,000,000 was expended locally, the balance of $20,000,000 having been levied by the non-Cantonese troops, chiefly the Yunnanese, who remitted the money to their own Provinces. Canton was thus being rapidly drained of money, the deposits in the Hongkong and...",
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        "content_text": "## \n381 \n\nbring about the removal of the Yunnanese and other extra-provincial troops, and to establish a Government run by Cantonese for the benefit of Canton, these aims in themselves one may well sympathise, impossible though it may be for us to countenance the methods.\n\nThe total number of armed Volunteers in Canton is 8000, with a further 20,000 in the rest of the Province.\n\nWith the consignment \"Bay\" it was hoped to arm at least 5,000 more.\n\nI gather that a few months ago Chan Lim-Pak represented to Mr. Donald Forbes, the local Agent of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, the advantages that would accrue to trade if the extra provincial troops that were battening on the City and perpetuating a reign of chaos should be expelled and peace and order restored. He represented that this could best be brought about through the Merchant Volunteers.\n\nOwing to the Arms Embargo Agreement, however, it was impossible to obtain the requisite munitions openly, and it was therefore found necessary to smuggle them into Canton.\n\nChan had always exercised great influence over Mr. Forbes, and the latter apparently consented to submit the proposal to Mr. A.G. Stephen, the Chief Manager of the Bank in Hongkong.\n\nThe situation in Canton had already caused the Bank authorities serious concern. It is stated that during 1925 a sum of no less than $100,000,000 was squeezed out of the City in the shape of taxes both regular and irregular, military requisitions and so forth. Of this sum only about $30,000,000 was expended locally, the balance of $70,000,000 having been levied by the non-Cantonese troops, chiefly the Yunnanese, who remitted the money to their own Province. Canton was thus being rapidly drained of money, the deposits in the Hongkong...",
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        "document_key": "CO129-489N - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12]",
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        "title": "CO129-489N - Governor Sir Stubbs & Sir Clementi - 1925 [8-12]",
        "content_text": "1 Powell L \n\nTelephone C. 457 \n\nUNDER NEW MANAGEMENT \n\nLADIES' \n\nLtd \n\nCHILDREN'S DEPTS. \n\nwe \n\nA \n\nTo make room for our New Goods, \n\nholding are SPECIAL CLEARANCE SALE in these Departments \n\nColossal reductions regardless \n\nof cost. \n\nBe sure you pay us \n\na visit during this week, August 22nd to August 29th. \n\nAN ENDOWMENT INSURANCE POLICY \n\nwill enable your family to redeem the mortgage \n\non your house if you die, and \n\nwill enable you to pay it yourself if you live. INSURE WITH \n\nCHINA UNDERWRITERS, LTD. \n\nAll Clauses of Life Insurance Business Transacted. \n\nLife Assurance Department. \n\n1. C. 1121. \n\nBt, George's Building. \n\nATTRACTIVE HANDBAGS \n\nFOR ALL OCCASIONS \n\nIN \n\nBATICK LEATHER \n\nSILK & SUEDE Also for Afternoon Wear and Many Dainty Novelties \n\nfor \n\nEvening Wear \n\nSMART NEW \n\nSOUTH CHINA MORNING \n\n“PHOMENE” \n\nFIRE APPLIANCES. \n\n\"BRITISH THEREFORE BEST** \n\nTwo Gallon Type. Extinguishers as shown above are absolutely necessary in districts where water facilities are limited. Avoid risks and install \"Phomene.\" \n\nAsk for Particulars. Sole Agents \n\nMUSTARD & CO. 16-17 Connaught Road Central Phone 1126. \n\nACKNOWLEDGEMENT. \n\nPOST. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926. \n\nPage 9 \n\nSHANGHAI ARMS SEIZURE. \n\nEX-ARMY OFFICER \n\nCHARGED. \n\nFRENCHMAN, GERMAN, AMERKAN AND CHINESE INVOLVED. \n\n(Our Own Correspondent.) \n\nShanghai, August 26. \n\nWEST RIVER PIRACY. \n\nSTANDARD OIL AGENT CAPTURED. \n\nTHE S.S. KWANG HUNG SEIZED AT KAU KONG. \n\nCANTON CHANGES. \n\nEFFECTS OF LIAO CHUNG-KAI'S DEATH. \n\n(From Correspondent.) \n\nCanton. August 23. It appears that the assassination of Liao Chang-kai, the late Bolshevik leader in Canton, is causing some serious changes in the political situation here. \n\nLu \n\n(An Occasional Correspondent.) \n\nWuchow, August 21. When the strike came into effect cutting off communication between \n\nIn connection with the French \n\nSongkong and Wuchow, the \n\nYau \n\naddition to the resignation of Wu \n\nder to recall him. Alternative \n\npolice seizure of arms and ammunition \n\nCompany of Hongkong Techen \n\nthe Police Commissioner, y, it can dismiss him directly. \n\ntion, estimated in value at $46,000 \n\nWuchow transferred several \n\nand the detention of Mei Kwang- \n\nThere are a number of cases in \n\nthere have been arrested Colonel \n\ntheir agents dying the Chinese \n\na Cantonese military consan \n\nwhich a diplomatic agent has \n\nJames Christie, a British \n\nany danger to the Canton-Wuchow \n\nservice. \n\nder, and several other military \n\nher recalled at the request of \n\nver, retired. Relegation \n\nCameral Daily \n\nadduhs have been maintain \n\nand police officers, as reported \n\nthe State in which he resides \n\nhavies \n\n15sch, alina Charles A. \n\ned. The weng Hung left Canton today, the case has also \n\ncatad for a breach of this rule. In \n\nNeed, an 1804, the Spanish Minister to \n\nperson & Frothman \n\nwatert ss usual, for Wuchow, striving of the City Executive Committee. \n\nAmerleen named on Tuesday morning August 18, the resignation of C. C. Wa, Chief \n\nthe United States, attempted to \n\nChrist formerly in the castonte \n\nser- Kan Keg at 9 are the same \n\nvenho tendered his resignation \n\nres- bribe a newspaper to publish \n\nan article in favour of Spain. with \n\nported to be the secretary of \n\nber of pirate ware travelling as its \n\nto accord protection to the de- \n\nroference to a dispute in \n\nGeneral Wong Tse-hua in whose \n\npassengers. When they opened fire \n\ncease high oficial press between \n\ntwe exuntries, aslan were discovered \n\n340,000 \n\nsimultaneously in various parts of; \n\nen the United Sutes anked for \n\nincluding a quantity of counter- \n\nthe ship, several steam launches \n\ntang party said to he suspected \n\nhis recall. For years later, the \n\ntatt tns which the police assert \n\ncame out from the river banks \n\n2 United States were again \n\nquesting the recall of a Minister \n\nas \n\nthe purchase money. The \n\nsarmmanded the steamer. In \n\nAmerican, French and British \n\nWix.] showong 1our \n\nThis time of Mr. Jackson, \n\nThe Courts when the eases \n\nBritish Ambasador, the charge \n\nbeing that in certain toaste given \n\nat pablle dinners he had charged. \n\nBREACH OF TRUST. \n\nAnother member of the Kucmin- \n\nby the authorities is \n\nCheckman \n\nJai, an aviator, formerly District Magistrate of Taungabau and a faithful follower of the late Dr. Sun Yur-ken. I \n\nis understood \n\nwith \"Talsehood and duplicity.\" \n\nSAPORE MAN GETS HEAVY \n\nand he well-to-do. \n\nAfter deliberation, the Ambasea- \n\nthe American administration \n\ndor was recalled, but the British Government duly placed on \n\nvocord that \"His Majesty's Guy- ernment has not marked with \n\nMrs. Lorne Murphy, of the \n\nany expression of displeasure \n\nStation Hot Kowloon, who has \n\nSENTENCE. \n\n· Our Own Correspondent.) \n\nSingapore. August 25. \n\nMr. Compton Cooper, ex-ciskier \n\nTa pirates nas ap apathat \n\nan order has been issued for \n\nsengers and by examining the \n\nthe arrest of Jai, who bas now \n\nhazds of the passengers made \n\ndis- tiretion between the working \n\nappeared, as the revolver used \n\nby the assasain in shooting Liau \n\nAs found with coarse hands were \n\nChunu-kai is Rileyed to being \n\nreleased, \n\nWounded Editor Dies, \n\ntuned. Those with lady dngers\" \n\nwere do- \n\nChan Chau-lam, who was with \n\nashore and the best was \n\nscrunchly \n\nLizo Coung-si and received for \n\ncleaned out. The Captcha was \n\nious wounds ciro, passed away \n\nThe Captain is a Bri \n\nalso taken. \n\njust returned by the imprese \n\nof does not appear to have \n\ncon- of Messra Job Liste And Co. \n\nWand has bees \n\nwary offlsiently for three days in a very critical \n\ntish ahjust noted \"Chen Kam,\" \n\nbital, where he had ocen lying \n\nThis tnorning at the Kung Yee \n\nCanada, destres to convey her \n\nmitted any international offence \n\nconvicted of a breach of trust \n\nin sincere thanks to Mr. H. P. White \n\nagainst the United \n\nthe navigation of this condition. \n\nStates,\" the sum of $4,000 \n\na yetenosil to meble steamer for the past several \n\nditor of the China News in Hong \n\ndueting Mr. Wiarson, Cant. Turnball \n\nAgain in 1871 the United States \n\nthree months hard labour in add \n\nChan was formerly \n\nand all officers of the Douglas \n\nrequests the recall of the \n\ntiva is a tire of $500 with the \n\nPears. All told about fisty \n\nDoug and after his paper was \n\nSteamatip Chowany and friends \n\nRussian Minister, fox inturail- \n\nernative of six mutha' ingrison, \n\nsengers were held captive. The \n\ni pressed he came back to Canton \n\nwe attended the fanem of her \n\nterence in its internal affairs, \n\nart in default as payment... \n\nsteamer was then allowed to \n\nand became an editor of the Min \n\nlato hachawdd und sent wreaths, \n\nand whilst most people will \n\nremen- \n\nber the comparatively recent \n\nWachon on the night of August 20th, \n\njast twants-war hours tale. $120,000 \n\nRansom Asked. Among those taken captive \n\nin her recent sad bereavement. \n\ncase of Dr. Danba, who was recalled by Austria from the \n\nThe Borning Post \n\nWEDNESDAY, Aveer 26, 1025. \n\nComrade Karakhan, \n\nground that he proposed to \n\nhis, government plane ic engineeri \n\nstrikes in American steelworks, \n\nwitich \n\nmanufacturing \n\nWern \n\nmunitions of war. A case of mutual dismissal of Ministara by \n\nFOOD SUPPLIES. \n\nPORE, MUTTON AND BEEF PLENTIFUL. \n\nReduced Demand. \n\nNeo Jia Pag. He was also an in- \n\nfacial ember of the Central Executive Committee \n\nof \n\nthe Kuomintang. \n\nof \n\nwei now chairman of the Brein- \n\nSiner the death of Mr. Liao \n\na number of prominent ciftens \n\nof Cheng-kai, the Soviel Representa- \n\ntire in Canton, who is now High \n\ntravelling as a third class passanger \n\nAdvisor in the Nationalist Govern- \n\nto avoid recognition, as he le well \n\nknow on the Wert River. Mr. Chap- \n\nof a man to succeed Liao in the \n\nLong in the Wochow agent of the \n\ntasks which the deceased and M. \n\nSuch har ter the improvement \n\nlard Oil Company and has \n\nBorngin had been jointly perform- \n\nWe have recently become so \n\nby Great Thilair and Spain in the \n\nfood stastion during the large \n\nancial de cesto. \n\naccustomed to the spectacle of \n\noccurred in 1848. Aravclution \n\npast for days, that restrictions \n\nofmediately recoguised and was \n\nsentative bax found Wang Ching- \n\nHe was ing. So far the Russian repre- \n\nSpain the Soviet Government \n\nviolating reverent in \n\nwas the slaughter if native rattle \n\nbave infurewd as spon payenere \n\ninternational law and exploiting! \n\ni wn to have the spinpality of \n\nzou been removed and the supply \n\n$120,000 he would be immediately \n\ntive Committee of the Nationalist \n\nthe huden diplomatic system \n\nthe British Forestry in a class \n\ntopping the denialet. His assistant and wife \n\nGovernment, the called parson. \n\nits-uture, TARE Tho rucent \n\nPalmerston. I was also \n\nConsumption is being that of \n\nwere wish him. The wife \n\nRussian known that Mr. Bulwer, the Bri- \n\nnormal times, owing probably to the \n\nreleased but the assistant was held. \n\nkecs Conference in the Eden-- \n\nrevolations of the \n\nwas When Wang atleaded the Wer- \n\nCorrespondent to the North \n\n(ish Mtalster at Madrid, het \n\nof people in the Mr. Chap- \n\ntour has been 1 for a \n\nChina Daily News, concerning the same tows as Lord Pabner \n\nCloux, bat uriously cough, this \n\nnumber of weeks non after a long \n\nterany a large number of Wham- \n\ncioual Association Buliding \n\nya- the Soviet's Ambassador to \n\nfan, although he had carefully \n\nis neve instint in beef \n\nBras D \n\nstay in Canton was \n\nreforming \n\nrape Codete escorted him. \n\nKong Paking, end his activities in \n\ntrained from expressing those \n\nany other mest. \n\nWarhow far trestuent. \n\nYing-fan promotiog Bolshevism in China, \n\nviews or from acting upon then \n\nKwangcharwad is now maintain. \n\nzasunod Other taken prisoner inclufofee of Conumissar of finance of \n\nnecasion very little surprise in \n\nany way during the revolting \n\na regalar supply of pigs and \n\non. Chiu Lau-tong, the Principal \n\nthe Provinia Government and \n\nMinister of Finance of the Nation. \n\nundoubtedly have to he a reckon \n\nexpert dismissed him, and return \n\nof more than 200, \n\nmer School of the Christian and \n\nis slat Government corrarently, \n\nand Palmeraton, reply, which \n\nexceets that for any one day \n\nlonary Alliance at Warhow \n\narissed the Spanish Minister in \n\nsince the commencement of the \n\nten Chinese preachers of this \n\nmia- ing these breaches of the \n\nusers onder. The distaiesal of \n\nLode. There are at Jones \n\n1,000sion Mr. Wong Ueno \n\nsut Mr. Lel \n\nAlavies the deceased Lino. \n\nof civilised nations, it is well to have \n\nou veront in what parti- \n\nSackville, the British Ambassa- \n\npigs in stock and this is being \n\nKip-chi. cats Comrade Karakhat has \n\ndor to Washington, in 1888 \n\nseems added a daily. \n\nThe abject of the attach \n\nan this. \n\ning with Russia one day, respect \n\nAUE.UUT \n\nagain offended, assuming what to \n\nbave been rather a straining \n\nNative cattle supplies exceed \n\nthe vessel serns to have been to \n\nobtain seama winest incontestable \n\nat the international right given \n\ndement and the dealers may now \n\na large shipment of money that \n\nwas During and market without restraint \n\nsupposed to re aboard for one f \n\nthat the documents published in \n\nto an offended State. \n\nHad \n\nTHE SANITARY BOARD). \n\nNEW BY-LAWS ADOPTEL. \n\n-- \n\nthe \n\nM. N. Smith presided over a \n\nthe North China Daily News are \n\nthe American presidential elee \n\nSanghat is applying sheep as \n\nare the lees; hanks, Silver \n\nicin and peeting of the Sanitary Bourd \n\nhet authentic. In their handling \n\nof \n\nthe situation in China the Bol- \n\nwas formerly British subject, \n\namount of local mutton is to be \n\ndomand in Wachow later and \n\nsince the embargo on wall cap \n\nfront. T. Groney, Dr. I. W. Tae. Dr. \n\nthe greatest skill and efficiency. \n\nThey have utilised every little \n\nhow he was to give his \n\nvoted but poultry eat eves \n\nshow a tendency whether Mr. Cleveland, if 23- \n\nA \n\nto increase. Vagetables and \n\na bank notes and anali coin have \n\ngood example of this is the atti- \n\nelectal, would support a policy \n\nage he obtained at little more \n\nbeen arriving daily from Canton. \n\ntude conveyed by their Embassy \n\nof friendliness to England. Lord \n\nto oimal rises and generally at \n\nPaking. The Foreign Powers \n\nSackville replied to vague and \n\nspeaking, the situation is extremely \n\nare represented in China by \n\nneral terms that any satiating \n\nand is cally becoming \n\nthe other more se- \n\nfavouring Ministers only, and not by \n\nfull pecly Ambassadors. The explanation \n\ncountry would inse popularity\" \n\nof this is the disturbed conditiou \n\nthat he boliavad Mr. Cleveland \n\nIt is a fact that a large hand \n\nat plates have been operating in the \n\nteretaty), Mr. D. Tavies \n\nand Mr. G. Kennedy kiten also \n\npresent. \n\nreserving \n\nThe dret by laws governing fond \n\nestablish pools and seruted water \n\nmanufactorios CAIDS months. The leader of this \n\nremarking that there was \n\nup for consideration, the chairman \n\nKau Kong weinig for everal \n\nSPORTS COATS \n\nof China, which robs the country \n\nwas desirous of maintain \n\nEnture is lisaged in an editorial \n\nCanton and Muceo. She is called \n\nBoar went into exilee. \n\nIN \n\nLIGHT-WEIGHT \n\nTWEEDS \n\nand WOOLLENS \n\nHAVE ARRIVED; \n\nALSO \n\nCREPE RUBBER SOLED \n\nGOLF BROGUES. \n\nLADIES' GOLF CLUBS. We have a large selection by leading makers. Prices $6 & $7. \n\nLANE, CRAWFORD'S \n\nPEDDER STREET, \n\nLADIES \n\nSALON \n\nhe \n\nIx reported to ese to be a women \n\nsession regarding them who frequently vita fongkong hocght it would he better if the \n\nof its full internation statusing friendly relations with Groat \n\nin the Gentini Chin Port. \n\nThey theyhinese is affectionate terms \n\nwas im-paper pins ont that the opinion \n\nThe Pirate Queen. She ensure \n\nwas no diariasier they might: When the Soviet turned its \n\nBritain, although it attention to Cbica, however, it \n\npossible to predict his course \n\nis held by Chinese that they can \n\ntainly seria now to be at leent \n\nthe \n\nDr. Petrse paid at the 'sat meet- \n\nrealised \n\nSHANGHAI INCIDENT, \n\nhe then ca bloc \n\nIf \n\nshould be made and these rensals \n\n[ead now been digrala bed. \n\nthat for Bulshevis beforehand.\" \n\nThis correspon- \n\ngo on strike jug! when they \n\nplease! \"qseen of the Wajk\" \n\naround Kaighe xare reasons why \n\nthe by-law \n\npurposes Peking would be the \n\ndie becoming known to the \n\nand when they come back \n\nreceive Kong. most important capital in the United States Government, \n\nFord their old jobs again and be paid \n\nworld. Accordingly the Sovint \n\nSackville was discussed by them, \n\nin full for the time when no work \n\nappointed as Chinese Ambassa- \n\nIt seems imposible to justify \n\nwas, done, a of which, the vaper \n\ndor (and not Mister) one of the \n\naction of the United States \n\nadds, ia pact and purest of the \n\nIts most capable agents. \n\nin this stance, since diplomatic \n\npresent Chisens belief that they \n\nA resnit of this, since usage and common sense allkej \n\ncan do what they wian with \n\nfor Ambassarlor takes precedence \n\nof sume that twn States wish to \n\ncizners, shoot them and all the \n\nMinister, Comrade Karakhan \n\nremain in friendliness with one \n\nrest of it, but retaliation in the \n\nwas placed at the outect in an \n\nanother until the contrary is \n\npart of the foreigners becomes a \n\nexceedingly favourable position, \n\nproved. These cases Ulustrate heinous crime. Whilst that state \n\nTo neutralise the advantage thus \n\nthe strictness with which a \n\nStatement correctly \n\nAs \n\nMER \n\nCalerpreted \n\nthe \n\nITALIAN MINISTER'S CONFERENCE. \n\nShanghal, Angust 20. On the 21st the Italian Minister called upon Shay Jai un stating that the Diplomatic Corps was asiti \n\nOn Dr. Macgown intimating that he wishna to discuss the by- laws nevemag the quality of water used in making aurated waters and le the matter of cleaning belts before they wwe died a second time, the chairman moved thus the Board go into committee, which was immediately done. \n\nOn the Board resuming, the by- \n\nlaws, siended, wern adopted. \n\nat the present time prueervan its Chinese viewpoint before the desirous of a speedy settlement af cleverly and legitimately obtain integrity from the activities of strike, is questionable whether the Shanghai incident and esposed el by the Bolsheviks, \n\nthe foreign diplomate agents accre that opinion is generally helt arst to negotiate the restoration of Ministers of the Powers reited to it. Since Gains wishes longkong to-day. In fack, the Mixed Court, leaving the other presented at Peking retained thei \n\nto be ensidered a member of pride ourselves on the fact that Heme to be discussed systematical Diplomatic Corps, which at the Farily of Nations, and is the strikers who have returnedy. Shum Jaalus priznised to take ority of 95005 per cent has been through the agency of the senior therefore bound by international have been taught a lesson they will the prosal into consideration-produced by the Hoope electrolyti Minister (who is at present the law to respect the usages of cot men farget \n\nIt is true that Tsui Wan Yat Po. Traian Minister) on all qacations \n\ncame back affecting the relations of the civilized States, its obvious when more of them: \n\nPowers with China. The duties ourze would be to investigate they had the audacity to ask for of diplomatic agent may be immediately these documents their full pay. but in no se, 20 de5ned as the prosecution of bia which inplicate the Soviet Am-far as our knowledge gou as country's interests diplomatical-assador en extensively, and, this conceded. \n\nly with the foreign government and the charges true, its only \n\nOn course is to dismiss him unma \n\ndiately. privileged \n\nAbinina chaited to have a \n\nje pessors, and is stated to differ \n\nvery materially from the ordinary \n\nPEKING UNIVERSITY. \n\n90 per cent aluminion sheet It is Parók shorter. Ik zemina notarnish \n\nOn the Aber haul! IN FAVOUR OF COMMUNISM. god uery were given the order! \n\nof the boot. Thanks to tas fra \n\natkiude zdoyted by the Govern \n\nThe \n\njed in air a long time, and is hee such greatly increased resistance lne szida anit other chemicals that Paklog, Angue: 8. \n\njis endines & week'a imuaersion in Minister of Education droolric acid with only slight ment and the community general Chang Szchas, stated at the Gabi effect, although the ordinary shest Ar. the retioned stikers have niet meeting that the Peking Uni-metal is hsscived completely in been completely disillusioned, and veralty was in favour of voor bath The chic parity there is a strict rule of inter- The important point of what thewe very much doubt whether they; uism and desired to sevOr connec-contained in the commercial TEKS national law, forbiding him to employer is going to do to safe-1 will be as anxious to ge ont agala' tion with the Ministry of Edutainhure is epper, the iron and silicon interfere in the hiternal politics guard houself from strikes in the uz they were ou this occasion, tion-Fun Wan Yat Po. \n\nhaing is very stall amousk \n\nio which he is accredited. account of the position which he enjoys in consequence \n\nof these duties, The Strike and After. \n\nOVER-NIGHT CABLES. \n\nANGLO-FRENCH CONVERSATIONS. \n\n\"PARTICULARLY CORDIAL ATMOSPHERE.\" \n\nFrance Asks Equal Treatment With Italy. \n\nParis, August 35. While expressing satisfaction at the \"parifcaleriy cordial etmospbare\" in the conversations between Mr. Churchill and M. Calllaux, the new siapers continue to urge the necessly of speciai | consideration for Prince. \n\nL'Ecko de Paris's London outrespondent anys that M Caillaux | insisted that Mr. Churchill give auge vgual treatment with Ealy. The correspondant hopes the impression will not gain ground that Britain it using the question of debts gain Italy's good graces. \n\nLe Petit Journal, referring to the heavy eenditions\" which the United States imposed on Balzium and the suggestion of the Limited Status impose harsher term on France, says that the foreign press and public appear to forget that all this wi crente a sale of economie inossibilĥouter. \n\nLondon, August 25. \n\nM. Caillaux spent the morning at the French Embassy with his experte. M. Caillax taler visited fancices in the city, meeting Mr. Churchill at the Teasury Tata is the afternoon.- \n\nSOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925. \n\nTHE \n\nCLEAR OUT \n\nBOLSHEVISTS. \n\nGREAT MASS MEETING URGES HOME GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ACTION. \n\nPROMPT AND DECISIVE MEASURES URGED. \n\n\"THE CANGER MUST BE RUTHLESSLY CUT OUT.\" \n\nOpposition Speaker Heckled, \n\nA \n\nThe haii \n\nA peene of great enthusiasth we witnessed at the Theatre Royal last evening when a great mass meeting of Hongkong residents aicpted, practically uniously, a roselation urging the Home Gov- srument to deliver an affam to the Canton authorities. was crowded, fally one thousand people being present. The addresses made in support of the resolation were frequently ami fourty ap planded, but one speaker who ventured to votes appcaition, met with good deal of beckling. The proceedings, which lastet for chise \n\nBritish National Antham. upon two hours, were brought to a conclusion with the singing withe \n\nThe meeting has provided over the Governments at Hors \n\nHis \n\nthe spot. who know and realise; the exbrerse govily of the eitis- Etia (Applause). \n\nThe telegram we send to-night,. therefiae, whatever may be sɛid! jlo speechee, about! avolii any. \n\nthing like viient language in the Text and confine itself to isspres. give statements of farts and such [deinands as ure reasonably set Forth and yousible of viiment. is with this object, in view that the suggested telegram, which has tor sutne time appeared in the Press, that eigin receive matitve: gonsideration by you ali, hat been most carofully druited, and 2 trustj ithet ne material alteration to it I will be called for \n\nWaking up at Lask To epits of all that has been telegraphed, until a few days ako It compelled to helieve that the Government at Home still consi- dar that the liongkozy aus South China troubles are all part of the \"China onesting,\" whton propej after the \"Shanghet weilent\" or are bound up with that Sheldonti \n\nWhile M. aflux was busy at the French Embassy Mr. Church by the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyank, Fixuellency the fovernor in eirag and the Young Chine Nationalist was similarly engaged with his experts at the Treasury ludying the whe was supported on the plat upon this letter had authorised me Movement, and can be settled by French viewpoint. Owing to last atinute changes in the plans om by Sir Hoary Pollock, Hou to quote that portion of his letter cuees or socle special envy, hut Fon-csestations in Poking, confer- Ceilex week the Treasury at wes to sen Mr. Chrehjli.--Rezston i My, IT, W. Bird, Hon. Mr. G. G. \n\nwhich refers intimately to thisise recent shipping proclamations Alabaster, K., Mr. A. Macgowan pronunciation at the Canton Club: or the Canton authorities son at: (Swab), Mr. W. & Bailey, Mr. \n\nagree with Sie Jane Jamieson's Inst to be waking it up. Heat J. Owen Hughes, fr. W. A. Towies lection to the thily Pres art-hear). and others. \n\nfele, and should like you to an- \n\nOBITUARY. \n\nMAJOR GENERAL REGINALD C. W. E. MITFORD. \n\nThe death is announced of Mejut General Regina Beverley Mitford.--Mouder. \n\nDoes His Majesty's Government; The Chairman, before proceed-derstand that consider that still utterly disbelieve the reapon ing with the business for which his present Juncture Sir Jamesponsible statenate made in the the meeting bed bean culled, said: Jamieson has done everything any stream of eables of the gravest 1 desire to straighten out an incl- body in that position could do ature by the Governor of this dent connecteit with our original and I should greatly regret any Colony, and all the responsible! meeting. You will remuetaber that dea that there is a lack of entles already on the spot refer \n\nThe trouble red to, or do they seriously profess! KC that they are cuable any longer \n\nfiere \n\nof because \n\npared to shanden, the lights of in protect, or at any rate are pre-j British subjects secured to taem \n\nRoen at Waterloo Manor, Hants, February 20 \n\nthat neither General Mitford was the youngest son of the late 31. Join Words that original public noting operation bereen va barrister at law and the grandson of the historien of Greece. Based ot only a resolviton of \n\nanything, confidence in Sir Juanes Jamieson, do was educated at Rugby and was appointed en eusten in the India His Baleaty's Consul General inhing that other of us ca Army in 1855. He served in the Indian Mutiny during which he was Cantan, but we paid has a high the only people who can set severely wercdel and was mentioned in despatches, receiving the tribute. After that he was grill. His Majesty's Government G. G. O. He was recommended for the Victoria Cross by Lord Clyde and in the public Press. da October 29, 1358 Ia i Nogi West Frontier Expeditions, fericism was undebtedly largely and later in the Afghan War, be gained distinction and eventually due, if not entirely, to a sun- retired in 1826. He was a craui travetter and had toured the Orient-derstanding, wad I feel that it is Ladies and gentlemen, on the Authorities \n\nThe Chairman, proceeding, said: Ameries and civilised Karope and had pablished a number of books due to His Majesty's Consul 27th dealing with the countries visited and in the subject of the fran Geners in Canton that that itaing \n\nJuly Just Al \n\nMutiny. \n\nthis Theatre. \n\nRose Edouin, Actress. \n\nLandor, August 25. \n\nThu \n\n(Applause). \n\nThe Chairman's Speech. \n\nbeld ip \n\nmset- \n\nsolemn trsaties and will they supiusly automir, to the Javest hi-j Rofent challenges to Great Britain| of the present Canton Boisberlat \n\nI know well the difuuhtes they so hayo jo face in wont of unanimity: tion should be definitely cleared up crowded that very us ourd not and help from other \"Powers,\" an ad this meeting (Applanon). I may get in-smugst other thinge-His well as fire great industrial pro say that before leaking this state-Majesty's Government was urged bleins they have to deal willi et The death is announced of the cetogezarian actress Rose Fdouin muut I submitted it, because it is a strongly worded and gravely Home, but, unless this Canton who toured with the first English company in India and the Far Eartperry the Government to the considered rosetation that situation is tackled seriously and managed by her husband, Mr. Lewis---Rastor, \n\nINDIAN COTTON DUTIES. \n\nJAPAN CHARGED WITH DUMPING, \n\nGovernor, and I bave He consent İshould immediately inform the at once, not only will Brilish juler- ot only to make the stavovases but i de forte Governmet in Canton asts here and in South China be bis vermismos also to quote some that unlove it withdraws Rs sup-fcrippled for years to comes bus the remarks in a letter concerning th port of the attack upon British in Bolshevik pofamous propaganda A Newspaper Article. terupts, it will de regnaded un he will spread like fire, Soget through \n\nStratz \"The Consul General in a recent ny entered into a alete of busidity the \n\nSuttlements, 01 address, at the Clah, referred with the British Gayetä tuke , 20 \n\nthrough human and into Indu,! Receiving a depatation of Bombay mill-owners, the Viceroy hung Dalla Frege of the 1h inst. for reasons which it is impossible it be a tremendous conflagration. The leading artfela in the long- Almost a monta has passed and with the visa that not only will declared that the cotton ezelse dry cannot be abolished remediately under the handing of Sir James to understand, that vitally impur-for the nation to fight, but the for financini reascun, but the Government is pledged to abolition when Jamieson, which you have doubt tant telegram, which elemanly restrial problems at Hew and! finemial considerations perut. \n\nDincasing the suggested and-damping menseres apalast Japanid that it was based on 20 in throughout South China withersport trade will be increase the \n\nless read. \n\nThe Consul General cited existing conditions here sederployment through lack of the Vicorns admitted that he was prewed by the deputation's ecrrect appreciation of the situa- jone word of exaggeration, but fact, that must be faced statements regarding Japanese labour conditions, but the milers. He esglained that the Canparently been completely ignoret \n\nantrously. Streng words, but had not substantiated the charge of damping by definite facts andton Governani forwarded certain by His Majesty's Government.theless, and I wish we could ngures. He undertook to have the question examined if evidenre were decade following the shooting \n\nThere has been a sittle confusion route the people of England to \n\nafray et June 23rd fast, and these about these talegrams. \n\nunderstand and realise them. The cult densands, which were forwarded to Edential reply\" refered to lu me \n\n(ADDINERO). Lorden and Paris, were as follows: letter to the \"Press\", I should Cancer Must Be Rezoved. \n\nOsco and for all let it again he I. High Conmiasteners of the here explain, was a confidential; \n\nratione involved, to apologise, zaswer to one of the many tele clearly stated that no conference 2. Adaquate punishment of e arus sent Home by the Clumber in Peding, or any amber of them, General and the of Commerce, There has been no special comdesioner or envy. \n\nproduced.—Rextar. \n\nTHE LEAGUE'S OPIUM COMMITTEE. \n\nJAPAN TO RATIFY CONVENTIONS, \n\n------ \n\nGeneva. August 25. In the course of the proceedings in the Leagus d Nations Opium Committee, Docker Tsurum announced that Japan world ratify the Opfum Conventions elaborated at the rorent inferuational conferences. -Router. \n\nAMERICA AND NEW ZEALAND, \n\nA GENEROUS TOKEN OF APPRECIATION. \n\nAuckland, August 28. The American avai otticary and men hava donated $1,000 tu the) Institute for the Blind, in recogullion of the hospitality of the citizens of Auckland-Reuter. \n\nConsul \n\nSealer Naval Officer, \n\nanswer whatever to the telegram houver distingutahed and how \n\nthe 27th of July. \n\n3. No further troope or sum-of-feom the public neting held on ever much he may help the North- \n\nwar to come to Cantor. \n\n4. Withdrawal of wavahipa from \n\nen ureblem, can possibly settle \n\nTo-night, with conditions Infinite the prevent aluustion in Canton. Canton or delte, excett two worse than they were then and which is not a Chinees problem nespatch fosats for the use of with further declarations of the attack upon Hongkong and \n\nat all, but a Bolshevik ore and thaij the Consulate. \n\nhostility against Great Britain by British Interest in South Ce 5. Compensation for killed and the Canto authorities, we are Russian in its origin und that: \n\nwounded. \n\nmat in even greater unbere. they are using their Chinese dupes to further their conspiracy against \n\n6. Rerdition of balá Concessions endorse the options which have \n\nWhere is a cancer \n\nTo the Franxiang Govern-poured ions from every rep Great Britain. merk \n\nsible bady Government, Unofcial \n\nIn our midst which threatens the London and Paris replied to the inembers of both Counctie, Cham- effect that those derauds could be of Cmurarer backed by er must be ruthlessly cut out and then \n\nChinese 29 much as ourselves--it, not be considered. The new Car-large interest hore, Chuna Asrouls-sooner the better. (Applause). ten Government that assomed to and private telegram- \n\nLadies and gentlemon, with the cffice on July 1st, repeated these jhat is Majesty's Government hope that our legram to the demands and stated that no resto-cannot piesd ignorance upon the Prime Minister may assist him tel Seven negro soldiers of the thighth Infantry Regiment wersation of coral relations and eltuation. killed whan a howitzer burst during pracilce. Reuters American they had been discussed. \n\nsvaditions coule be aspected before Service. \n\nGUN ACCIDENT. \n\nNEGRO SOLDIERS KILLED, \n\nRockford. H., Aufust 25. \n\nCHINESE TARIFF CONFERENCE. \n\nwww.co \n\nBRITAIN WILL ATTEND. \n\nLondon, August 25. The British Government has now accepted the invitation of the Chinese Cuvornmunt attend the tariff conference on the 23rd October-Rauter. \n\nMOTOR ACCIDENT, \n\nDUTCH SOCIALIST KILLED. \n\nBrussels, August 25. M. Nan Kol, the Daich evetallet, ex-Scoater and colonial expert, has been killed in a motor zevident.-Reuter \n\nFRANCE AND SPAIN IN MONOCCO. \n\nOFFENSIVE TO BEGIN IN TEN DAYS. \n\nFOR BATHING PARTIES, \n\nPICNICS, etc. \n\nJAS. BUCHANAN & CO.S BLACK & WHITE WHISKY \n\nin FLASKS & FLASKS. \n\nFitted with glass stoppers, no corkscrew required. \n\nPRICE OF FLASKS \n\n55 \n\n+1 \n\n$2.10 $1.10 \n\nDONNELLY & WHYTE \n\nTel Contral 635. \n\nSole Agenta. \n\n2. Queen's Buildings. \n\nRid Your Home of Flies with \n\nFLYOSAN \n\nUPER-INSECTICIDE, \n\nAlso ills Roaches, Mosquitoes, Mathe, Azta, Redbugs, Lice. Fleas and other Insects. NON-POISONOUS \n\nto every other form of Animal Life. \n\nFOR SALE AT \n\nTHE CHINA DISPENSARY. \n\n32, Quang's Road t \n\nEast of Central Market, \n\nPhone 594 \n\nAre you still doing the \n\nwashing? \n\nIf so why not \n\nhave a gas wash boiler \n\nIt saves time \n\nmoney and \n\nclothes. \n\nFor sale or \n\nhire from \n\nHONGKONG & CHINA GAS CO., \n\n9 \n\nLTD. \n\nreside for the purpose of all steamship communication be carrying on the moreaufile tween Canton and Hongkong, bath pursuits, without molesta- direct and via Maeso, and also for loo or restraint, ut Chaton, the boycet in Cantor and other Amoy. Foochuw, Ningpc aud porta la South China as well a Article V of the Treaty of British subjecte ships and goods. Shanghai \n\nStrategy, Amoy and Foochons, of \n\nNanking which British They have also openly declared Merchants are permitted, er her intention of destroying by ail porta where Dhey mazy every means in their power, Hong- reside \"to carry on their kong, ts trade and prosperity. Tuercantile transa \n\nWith whatever sevsons they classes entering and elearing to inse.\" \n\nand from Hongkong wos 70,330 Article X of the Trozty of vesadis totalling 5,000,000 tons. Nanking authorising yoout From Jet January to 30th June belonging to British Mer-fast the average daily number of chard to be conveyed by yesek entering and caring Chinese Murchants to any Hongkong has been 60 vessels province or City in the averaging 99,600 to Since the Interior of China. \n\nerists started the average daily \n\nrealise the true position in Hong- The Gravity of the Slination, What \n\nkong and South Chica and so lend I confess I find in Gillealt do to prompt and decision action then has the craul General to \n\nIspunit without voicing L indigna- either in cogurt with other disease with the Canton over we all foui at the procrastina Powers or if need be, by Great) ner with H viwy to ending the \n\n[tion, hit 1 recoguise they Bus Britain stone, I beg to formally present situation. le he to discuss \n\ncitration is an gave that I desire amove thas the following telegram his own punishment or the ren- dition of the British Concession to avoid saying oue word which he sent from this meeting to Hir may be regarded, at Home, za Majests'e Prime Minister in Lor- Home Government faces theseterical or which may give or don \n\nmements to prempe and direct ac- It will be secunded by Mr. W. S1) Article XI of the Treaty of number of vessels entering and decauda? The mere fact of dig-tion, in Cantea, ecession to dia- Bailey, and after that has been feussing then: would be an AU- \n\nnission that the incident of June out our advice or undervalue done I shall be glad to bear ther unis meeting. No one who has reukors hefure putting the tale 123rd was greated by Shameer, been away from Hongkong and gram to the meeting. (Applause). \n\nwhich we kauss deinitaly to be South Ching, even for the last six \n\nThe Resciation. \n\n10. \n\nTientsin which also opened clearing Hongkong has been 1 Swatow and okker Southern russels totalling 36,579 tens only. Porta for Foreign trade and but these figures include \"P. & 0.\" stated that “il is agreed that \"Blue Funnel\" \"President\" and Brith aubjects are pertait. \"Empress vessels which are nat ted to carry an irade with affected by the buycolt. whomenever thay please, and proceed to and fro wt pleasure with their ve vels and merchandise.\" Chatton a Gateway. 1 \n\nThe obwrvance of these provi- \n\nOur Canton trade comprising some 12 large Passenger vessels has been entirely stopped. Since the lat Jaly the average daily number of skipa including river zieamars, held up through the boy- cost has been 5 of which 15 rre \n\nmentus, could possibly conceive | This Colony as a vital part of Dally Prem Knew Wothing \n\nhow dangerous the Bolshevik the British Empire, Haring aires ly now absolutely nothing about the on British Oterests, and I wishram unanunealy passed at \n\nThe Daily Prese states that they treat is. with its epelat attack vately appanded through le measures that are being taken to that a few of my own personal frea: Mass Meeting held on July bring the present deadlock to a friends who, until a very few years 1271b and passed on by the Gover- end and that as far as they are ago, huid the same responsible nor at its request. to Hils Murjesty's sware the Hongkong Goverment positions out here as those who Government, now appeals to His jare equally in the dark. The Con-to-day have drafted many of the Majesty's Prime 31ster to take sions of the Treaties is imperative \n\nsul General folvement as that important telegrams to which steps to have the following pro-fox the commoerusal prosperity of Britian, Paris, august 25. Reports from Madrid state that Guteral Prano do Rivers has Peking and \n\nropies of all his despatelos in hat already referred, were here visions of the Treaties of Nunking this Colony, seeing that Camson is the Foreign Office now to study the situation for 1942 and Tientsin 1858 betas ceu the principal gateway for British aaronneest that the offensive against the Riffs will begin in en dags have been forwarded to Bosghongshomssives, and they would quicke Great Britain and China carried trade into South Chine. tine-Renter, \n\nand the Hongkong Government realise how woefully and dia-out, amely: therefore know ail ifat the Congal astrously, the \"Cantou situation\" General has written. As the Con and the peril of Hongkong and aul General pointed out, there is South Chins are being misunder ne possible basis for discussion stood in London to-day and give 1 here, and the next move rexe with; leredence and ear to those, upos \n\nEVACUATION OF THE RUBK. \n\nDuested biên Aorus 25 \n\nThe French evacuation bas been completed. Router. \n\nTo-day there are 16 of which 22 are British. \n\nThe present Canton Authorities The recent proclamation by the Article II of the Treaty of teño are independent of the Cen Ganten Authorities with regard to Neaking watch provides tral Government at Paking and coastal Navigation later that that British subjecta, with have been in othee for less than Vessels of any Nationsity, reccot their families and establish months are directly and solely British and Japanese. may enter ments, chali be allowed to responsible for the cutting off of (Coutinaod on pige 10.) \n\nPage 10",
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        "content_text": "164\n\n10\n\nCLEAR OUT THE BOLSHEVISTS.\n\n(Continued from page 5.)\n\nThe effect of this action by the Canton Authorities has been to cause a complete stoppage of the Export of Sugar from the Colony.\n\nNo Question of War.\n\nLord Hailey's Speech.\n\nThis Colony is not threatened by possible rain.\n\nAfter our long waiting we are relieved.\n\n(Loud applause).\n\nStarving Out Shameen.\n\nSOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925.\n\nTo relieve the situation.\n\nIf present measures are serious and urgent need, and say delay in dealing.\n\nTheillers Railway Government has taken the base of 20% of the\n\nthe latter part of the telegram, retaining the wording generally.\n\nHe pointed out that they could not possibly have the information to support those here whose interests would be reduced to ashes. Bas-Government officials, Mr. Boulton declared.\n\nDuring my visit to Swatow, I will most certainly be influenced by the Hongkong Government, and the rate to and from Hongkong, and I will venture to say that such intervention was one gentleman referred to Hongkong.\n\nHave a far larger problem to face by Russian officers. All this revenue is derived from the\n\nat Canton,\n\nDantun.\n\nard\n\ninterests\n\nA Speaker Heckled. Mr. Somerset Fitzroy\n\nCanton authorities!\n\nCleveland Nat. Rosevelt.\n\nWhat can we get there, for the reason that at that it is a source of wealth to the\n\na strong majority Government, may I understand has that a further meeting for the purpose of protesting against the\n\nUrest Britain but the time for talking is passed. cm gind is now second the resolution.\n\nattitude of drift, which is fatal to Europe would be silaze la 29 It a the time for action, for do-\n\nsaid: Sir. Lalies, and Gentlemen, strong action in this canter. Fur over two mouths we have\n\nThe telegram we are asked to send is plain.\n\n31 appeals to the\n\nSwatow's Voice.\n\n\"The, let us have the blaze\" ait is extremely unfortunate that support and abide by the decisions tion.\n\nwith confidence that long ere¦ Prime Minister to have Treatica: Mr. A. Rogowan (Swatow)\n\nof that meeting, and desire near-manber of the audience shouted, thin crisis sheale kave arisen ut a\n\nand leave the Port of Canton mia, the strong representations carried on which are Imperative supported the resolution.\n\n\"He zara: parution in one cable. Gladly while nonther told the speak that time when la London we are try\n\nprovided they unit Hongkong which, we andarstood, were from for cor commercial prosperity.\n\nMr. Chairman, ladies eun gentle-share expere/\n\nhe was not discussing the acing to impress the Home people which still further destres Britissime to vinte eshted Hume by our stresses the fact that the present af haww been specially request-\n\nMr. J. R. Greig, who said he had firm but singly asking a series of questions,\n\nBritain by the Hongkong exbibit ion is an Ant of open, hostility Commerce would ensure spedy and\n\nthan thusa morths, and independent Steenber of Scouterne in Swalow basised the nerealty for taking\n\nVenezuela Cited\n\nat Wembley. In Great Britain go- to Great Britain and gray cient action by the Home Gay-of Yeking, are dolely responsible to represent them and to associate immoriste action.\n\nHe had hemn Afr. Fitzroy referred to whating to stand aside and see Hong- and deliberately violates her Trea-rament\n\nfor this hopet of British subjects, the British community in Swatowall wound the world and fled that happened at Verregels and satû kung revert to its forme fahing fles with Chink.\n\nWhen, in coteequence of sag tuns skipa, and goods, and the the Cen- with any rebutions reat to the Britain was the most hated nation the restle\n\nPER Wal President village and native huts\"!\n\nsu ihon public meeting of the 27th July, on Government have openly debate Goverment by fongong, throughout the world. That was Rosevelt within three or four let us withdraw Hongong from our telegram was sent to the For-\n\nolured their intention of destroy- Articla II of the Treaty of Tisutain hearse the was too lenient with days sent the whole American the exhibition.\n\nwign. Office by the Envenior, we had long by every nuans in the power, which opened Swatow and othes fire poovie with wegri she had to out there and Great Brivals had\n\nSingapore Scheme Useless.\n\nevery renaust to expect that at lasi Hongkong, its trade and prosperity Southern parts for foreign trade deal.\n\nfe is the rennet Celong to climb down,\n\nProceeding. Mr. Bonitoa refer- Bolts through Hongkong and of car Hanne Government would stop\n\nTheir challenge is quite plair and state the \"\n\nis amel that we have gut,\" the spaaker declared,\n\nIeed to the Singapore Base which Mr. Best: It is not true.\n\nthe port of British Piecsgouds This ingenti be Cap and du save grows daily more definite\n\nBritish subjects are permitted to and why hour not they protacije false,\n\nhe regarded primarily to a scheme into Craton and the interfa;\n\nMr. Fitzroy: The telegram gives a plain-state-tary on rate with wheessure in\n\nwas there and to add to the defence of Hongkong.\n\nthereby causing disustvous Jusaes\n\nof shipping earns, which they pleare and to propel to ani\n\nhelped to blow up the place. Mercantile Marine's Action.\n\nit Great Britain was going is 20- both to British and Chinees mer tord that no repis, and not even an speas for themselves, and tells the top'osrure with their vessels\n\nMr. T. 7.* Laureta, o the M. Best: The whole of it to fmain paszive in this matter and chants in this Colony and to the acknowledgement of our degram\n\nPrime Minister of the recent pro- and archumdise,\" which is The Phina Coast Offrers Guild, enid: klee.\n\nĮ seg Hongkong ruined through Bol- Expor trade of Lancashire and nearly a month ago, has been claustion by Canton excluding alley bound on with at the Chahman, ladies and yousie.\n\naly. teror in comlusion suidjabevist influence, then why not Yorkshire, which st result in recived here. Even as to the pre.\n\nDritish vessels from that port, and the beatles\n\nbetween. Great on. on behalf of the mercantile was entirely opposed\n\n13abandon the Singapore scheme and farther very considerable and ju-sent nothing appears to have been shy other vessels from Canton if Reitairy and China and theatrs marine I should like to say that at creating permanent becply done by the Home foveagent for they first call at 12 ageng.\n\nThis embrace the Treaty of Nonius meeting of the mastere and ment in Great Britain.\n\nor relie, and we are here now, proferation by Canton our tele- which is that British cubjenteneres hold on Thursday afterno: En, to express our strongest indiz-gram rightly deportives as \"ar gut with the trailles, and establish fast, it was decided that the follow.\n\nThe tante-Hongkong problem ination at sneh treatment for our of een hostility to Great Britains shall be allowed to reside for ing telegram should be sent to London.\n\n(Auplouse). The Colony's Defence Contribution, the rarese of carrying on their Secretaries who are entirely separate and distleet from Horse Government.\n\nWe tall the Prime Minister of molestation or restraint,\n\nDercantile parynis that in any other part of Chira Suck treatment is outragevas uril\n\nwithave Tis is very rect and lime felt the pulse of all the stand for pstalatiere and love Both vitally important, lee every effort nations interested in China and auf country and for my fellow men owing to the fact that Gantou doen intolerable treatment, and, failing disnatrons losses to British andare trentres have been corricials with Tuppertal go toungulse and is in robelitos eller shortly from the Ueme Gev-Chinese metchisiz by this a that and absolutely violated not only in Gulle, Marine Engineers Asenciale thought thes\n\nMorchautz Service peaceful solution of this problem. The world over, hit I annet clauid Leave tolerate this position the Home against the Central Government we must pursolves do what of the Cantos authorities and that\n\nMercanthie Maring Services Whatever action was reecssury to Government is taking up to-day.\n\nat Feking and that on Conferences we can in our own interests and to by promot action new pose Nasa) apin and letter bet in the in.\n\nhoid a: Peking on driff or extra-te interests of those dependent and Minars Ferran would speedilytics of them, and my personal Association and Navigsters and the flows Government who hail\n\nWhy should she remain so milent Experience has been that with the Sercial Insurere Comply tu prezzor knowledge of the anti so passive as she fe?\n\nThere territoriality or any other Ques\n\nHongkong hard is only vor excuse. We state the fact that is 25) Prent Boisbevist authorities in urge the Imperial Government to situation than tions can possibly assist this f\n\npaver they way he considerat take immediate action with regard (Disent).\n\n27 years residence here i hava i need not dilato upon what is years this Colons has remitted as rape of paper which have been to Canton and China general the last speaker and entirely over to spons about Hongkong.\n\nI have Colony in the retaulest degree in\n\nThe chairman remarked that heen to England twine and I like common knowledge- the deliberate the House Government a defence!\n\nPerther delay may be minous cas and heartless attempt to starve our contritation of 4 millions dullers, and de unt fuzelton.\n\nCanton Government legal.\n\nJacked the axplanation he had seen it grow solid, stolid and og in dully losses be this Clonthere and the uncooked, organiz- milion dollars. These defence oment of Canton has pat inte fone That, ladies and gentlemen, was for intervention should take, at Hoe know anything about\n\nShameau, mno with of our trude the 1924 contribution betas vi\n\ning a disastrous affect on the mer mede that while they made some secure and yet the strange thing cente\n\narine.\"\n\n(pause)\n\nsuggestions wä of inermeing 201 rukowa\n\nregard to the is that comparatively due people nagnitude: moreover for Brilia sud eurders tack\n\nupou adlitary equilations Hongkong very effective embargo the telegram ant by the mercather of course fully realised that Hongkong.\n\nAt one menting here Government debyy decisive Shades with\n\nSwator i British and Jay say are never behind. Ther soleiriter for the decision of bong as just aufheient la cover\n\nare boycottert. at Canton tu the future than that and gel inure, was told us by an taxes paid by our business men and What about it? Are we to accept Arst line of defence after your file Majesty's Government. (Au- the point of a poncil on the map\n\nexo-vitarse, Mr. Helstrom, the workmen to the Government, and these nuditions withee undest? Boyal Navy. (Angimuse).\n\nlevel. The meeting waa noij and that is hot Hongkong exista There is no question whatever wadish Consal in Canton, at bir contributed to by every tue of 25 (Cres of \"No\").\n\nThu trouble\n\npresuming to dictate to the one in the minds of musands and of making War on Chion bus aiment Isaturs.\n\nAt the same lenaedectly or indirectly, down to the started in Caufan and must he stil\n\nGovernment what they should de thousands of our fellow men and ply es ousting the present via M Mangowan, ay out and respect-tumblent coolie, and we can with Carlos. Cantor is avite Chairun, todies and gentlemen, but was simpis\n\ntoworen to-day. It is just the enily anti-British Bulsbetik faed resident of Swaton, cold how longer endure what we rightly das-separate and independent of the rise to eantess any digressent voice the foeting of the Colory: polat of a pencil,\n\nThey do not lion which has recently succeed-tast port, controlled by the Canon the to the Prime Minister as die Central Government of Pikity, with the latter part of the telegram that compling must be dure and realise, they cannot realise that it\n\nGovernment, eculd secure peace at present imolerable ed in seizing the reins of new intervals only, and by the payment and bevralt of the business of this unitors the Tieda are kicked stres down to what this wetita diplomacy of Prking had so far Britain of theeands upon bou- strangulate wat has been badly treated and it is aropand to rele. When we done quickly. Applause). The in a source of income to Great It may be added that such talenting some years, or millions and Colasy.\n\nThere is no possible chance of the proposes to send to the Ilome Gos-adately and entirely fabled and saves of pounds and that it brings We have \"carried ou\" here, ali resmpton of trade as before. The erment wil done amant 10? vention will be hadled with the wiilions of dots. Has Swator\n\nit was not realised that there trade and commerce and work to not so paid the town would have praise to car own men and acreen, tags of this trade will hit the Coley demands that the Britina Gov-was problem in the tooth, our fellow me gresiest suisfaction by the op pressed and terrorised people after, and the Chinese mex-and to those of other races we of Hongtans sary hard. harder crerunt deliver au ufignatum at\n\nda, hut shall we lo to awaken cheats therefore proferred to pay. have so unselfishly and cheerfully than many resise.\n\nBritish ijonce is the\n\nfr Rost who then wonted the Chem? Exception has been taken Apart from the facensestable\n\n\"demand.\" but I Mr. Macgowan fold of the inallest our serial services factud ping interesta are very large in Apaizare), Fase you stopped for Platform from the body of the hall is the word right of British subjects in se le nder of the Bush ling police, volunteers uit oder Swalew, while farge quantities of one money he thinks were the referred to Mr. Fiteroy's statement consider it is not strong enough.\n\nColony of every race to the pro-\n\nin Swatos, sad that any Chase difer. We feel we not British gouds are imported yearly-mags7\n\nBe We want words that wall makɛ all with regard to Yeugenols. a Vulcer \"No me to was clently thank every one of these All te has diy akcppet. I have stop (Laughter and applause).\n\nizely wrote in agley that Praiat least for this generation, thet tection of the Bravish Flag a deght speaking a Briton\n\ndeclared that the speaker was en-Britons reatine once and for all, frnce of the provisions of the severely utahed, Acy sangan men\n\nwonzey. (Applause) much pleasure in supporting this You are recognising a belligerent, dent Roosers sent the American Hongkong is a tremendous asset, 5 Retou was burned. But such services are the duty of telegram to the Price Minister, and Can you point out any time in the Treaties between Great Britain akt and Charma, thus Colors has by its Swatow k cil instractions the Government, and the over. I hope prompt action will be taken lustery of the British nation when\n\nCanton; the void of the trelement is paid the taxpayers of the flame wiborities to stop it as weugnised a twopeury half end who was in power. Langheading interests in the Best repeated convidscable defence cron tribution for the past 2 years as a Canton, and waless woad Hongwong to perform Paese duties.\n\nthis reign of terror in Routh China, penny belligerant? aquired a right to the active supranged in Canton there could to when for our payment to Govt should he to say that if say al-gita bask to the\n\nEr and applause). President that Britain dres not relia port of the British Government and improvement in Swetow. We erament of dai millious yearly, we tack is made on Carton, a similar when the\n\nRocrevat would ever have done it and ventise it soon through those Souths wha fighting auch a thing. Suci d-fence untrutionz atownten easily imagine the ict of our require tall protection of ane lives shack should he made on Swalow. Jesinst the North, when the whole ceeded to give the history of the the north, she looks like coming The speaker pro-red hats, those red heads from Altogether during de period to one and children in the Treaty and property, and full protection because, unfortunately. Swatow if that Continent wax is the great Verczucia tremble pointing sat very near to losing it tha sum of 4 milion dollars, the posts under these conditiona: to tende with any bi accordamen in Kearatony and just now emire throes of war. Did the British that it was all over a guid Arid\n\nMuch Pay, Little Work, 1924 contribution being the record the refused a cup of roll or with her treaties.\n\nly under Rad rate (Appinuse).\n\nĮGasorament veroguise them? Not! Amount of 4% million dollars, and even water for for sick and dying Immediate and Decisive Actio\n\nAmerica butige in and Mr. Boulton declared that since the there, A Shungen Speaker.\n\na bit of it. You have a small com have naturally been couridered by child. She and her child wight\n\nHongkong, with its long ni\n\nbegan as usual with a lot of big 1922 strike the Chinese workman thie Colony as an Insurance Fuse for want of the bare\n\nMr. C. B. Pearock (Shameen): audity when you pay are aging talk. (laughter). \"That is about was not worth 50 ger cent of what contribution to the lome Govern-\n\ngentie- contrary to Peking. You have for the urotection of the rights artes\n\nment for protection, has been built Mr. Chairman, ladies and\n\nsm going your treaties with Chipp. Where they are any use for the he was ten years ago. Bomele secured to Eritish enhjoete\n\nup by British and allied enterprise then, I am afraid I\n\nor other Bolshevik, Socialism arð | speaker declared amii iughter. Treaties with China.\n\nwhich the Canton autheities would and work. Thousands of disappoint you in what I have to the proper place to get The\n\nMr. P. Boulton said the troubio Communison had got inte redbe na. They world bring us workers, the class which helped to say use in Shaman we have place where the Foreign Office which we had passed through thecus gud now they were sur to get to the are condition as Caatamake these millions of contrition not yet had an opportunity of going at the present moment. There lage tre months, two years, ten as much as they could for as little\n\nAccordingly the residents of itself, and of Bluesin, which is rare now, through the action of the reading the telegram which it is one, and only cue channel years and more justiced the as possible.\n\nHe heartily supported This Colouy at a great Mass In- state of anares, brutal des Canton authorities out of work proposed to send to London. As tough which we can deal and sertion that British interests and the resolution and again phasised dignation Meeting demand that the Sotism, cring, proverts and atter here at are forcibly detained in a rate I can tell you that so for that is through the diploratie: British quahties of justice, to- that unless Great Britain realised British Government deliver arratser\n\nCanton where they have lost or as the attratten there is regeerned, harnes of Pelting.\n\ntegrity and bonusly bad bass ciao. the situation quickly sad teak At this point thure was con cen robbed of all their little we are still cooking war on food,\n\ning down due to the fnci Mat Jar-promet and decisive action, Bong- ing the years of piracy, marder kong would be raïvod. The policy of Canton is frightvinga or capital, that and their doing our wo washing. pisaning siderable dent, and one of (A) To restore Capton us an\n\nThe Chatman, replying to Mr. Oper Treats Port for Tracefulness, terrorist. The authorities Families being dewlute. As the our own house and duing to beat the audience shouted \"Go and outrage, carried on droogh-\n\nI want to the West River and see what out the Chidon delta, Britain had Peacock, who asked whether the between Chinese and the bere have applied these methods Coutua cauilenge to us neartes Chaugster).\n\nthe-amplify the Charmeen's opening Teklog can do” amid laud cheers. Dever effectiveh Jutervenud and regulations regardius akipping were Foreign Treaty Powers to ruin tangkong, but have so tur accomplishmen Britons\n\narticle Ma. Fitzroy: Let me go on alto-day was the linaz. One cen-affleial, said thai Sir James Jamie.\n\nnot understand, Mr. Boulton pre-jsen had addresSEU full accordance with the failed, for Hongkong is not Russia elves and their allies woust also be remarks in regard to the\n\nthe Foreign Provisions of the Tresting or Ching, and we are not Russian thrown out of employment here, under the heading of \"Sir Jamestite farther,\n\n\"We are dealing with Canton in fceeded, how it in that & Govern-Secretary at Canton, Mr. We Hon- between Ching and those We depend for success aron indus oliriously, unless we obtain Jamieson\" in the Dallu Prean. The\n\ntry and absulate falmese, fastics adegante help now from the naye hain key aid you rectienlis other respects\" anusite: Interruptor most with such trenendous inter-nir challenging bin, to deny that Powers.\n\nesta 1 Britain has in Hongkong they were not official, and up to the (B) To expel ! Bolsheviks and generosity in all our dealings, and military forces--help for which word for word what i wanted to exclaimed.\n\nThere followed some disorder, to-day should remain pausive and present he had not received any tbefand we liave here a Government we have paid from the taxes of the and it is not ceressary for me\n\nOne early in the next few days Sir Kwangtang Province. not excelled in these resprets by people, we can pay as 44 million repeat it. I should like to during which the Chairman apseemingly indiferent (C) To disarm and disband the any other Gurement in the world, or any other samt to the Govers remind you, however, that a snopealed to the meeting to give the recall 26 years ago, when the New James Jamieson was likely to deat\n\narticle appesyed a few dayy later (apeaker a fair hearing.\n\nTerritories on the Kowloon side anther with the matter. For that sole Waypen College Syplause), and which has the conmeut in taxation, Applause).\n\nAnd has the British Gaverstoeat which was a gradging retractio) on\n\nwere given to Great Britiau youson, the Chairman said they Cadets who are in reality dence of all under er dag, rich) vome points and a poor attempt la Mr. Fitzroy Nar the ass! There was pure irable in the feh pastised in embodying the Russian trained troops, sed and poor alike. (Applause). We no obligation townude these work-\n\nTerritories\n\nA few mat shedstorms referred to in their telegram. send back to their native, shall therette defear a wanden als left destitute and towards Jussi ches, but they did thing you ask them to do is to\n\nwere huned down and if I recall Had the Carton Government seen places those who are tack upon our fade and liberties, thane who will be en left and shatish the atter from a Slamentira at the Bolshevists\n\nand shall emerge stronger andį we remain 2511 inactive while the merchant who is bore today pinot know the exact meaning rightly a few policemer were shot to deny imraedissly their receg- Cantonese,\n\nPerhaps some of you mean! There were considerable trozbie miston of that proclamation, it prouid But at what Cantos craitenge aereeds and of the Samen point of view that (D) To cease hoyent of British brighter than ever.\n\ngood workers, so to speak, perish? and inferusing them that we in the Chinese Roshevista, but at any with telephone communications cos have appeared in thus retegraal. Goods,\n\nJeost to us all!\n\nAnd, incentime, with the thou. Certainly not: We cannot and Shameen were not being for rate what you are ashing is that it did not last long. (E) To\n\ncare\n\nscapegoal. It may interest you lofts whole of thean paople shall bej The Trouble Spinthered. propagatio.\n\nEDH And intelligersahuti not do so,\n\nknow that the first article in the turned out I think I as hear in Voder Threat of\n\nworkers and merchants of all races! These people, and ali non-British Rongkong Daily Press was referred that an ero the ultimatonealation and a party from three tiers. There would be \"Complete Naval Blockade by wże stand by us ners, we cannot in the Cology, look to us and to our to by Mr. C. Wa,\n\nC who which was delivered to Serbis in different sturees was organised swer from the Canton Government \"Britain of Centon and Its continue passively to endure this Government for strength and help is\n\n11914 by Austria (A Voice: \"Non- to advance on the Territories. 1and when they pressed their for an \"net inbouring waters and/or Bloyeett with its murders, robberies, to them is this erisis and we must allest\n\nin the Cantonscher\"). It is the same sort of remember being ir. Telpu when answer the only reply they would \"such other zetion\n\nsand gross violation or treaty rights or fail then.\n\nadministration and who is believed thing that you want to destroy the Centers mounted the head of revs was that they had nothing \"Mejesty' Government may (Applause).\n\nOur Government must he urged to hos mederate with a very large the sovereignty of a nation and column which marked through to do with Vem but that it was We understand that sony foure: to prompt and vigorous action following. His chicrease to this take it by force. Very well, how the village. The ag was host-party a strikers' proclamation. The Ultimatum should also state fielegrants have been sent, either istua Retion weig, I think. bral article, I think, speaks tac itsell do you propose to do this wicked, a royal salute of 21 gets fred i\n\nSir Henry Pellock Administratiere our Governor to the Coloria 64opreted 5 All Chinese and other He referred to it in a speech ou\n\nSir Henry Poleek: Mr. Chair- ruush he established at Canton Cfice by one Chamber of Cora-non-British here of both the work August 175h in Canton. Il a situa- ve sort your allimatum (A and from that day to this there.\n\nValee: \"Send 3 telagem,\" has cover been any trouble in Tan, ladies and gentlemen, I have ing and merchant classes, and, as tien of this kind I think the greatest (Laughter. which will observe no the fall all merce to the Foreign Offer.\n\nExactly, but that ki. (Applause) Now an-made two in thres apecches ou the existing Treaties between Chios; We sun iso assured, and can stated in our proposed telegram, care should be exercised by the is not whac WC are disticipate that if something like had subject of the Canton trouble dar- and the Foreign Powera.\n\nquite holteve, that our local Cham \"scab intervention by us will be Hongkong newryapet in regard to ussing at the present comment.been due during the years of ing the past few weeks and I de It is the unanimous aginter offer of Commerce, and especially balled with the greatest satiara what they which. (Hear hour). We are sending a telegram in fronble, the rents of discontent not intend to repeat wyself this this Meeting that Brinsh inter-nur Governor and our Chairman, ou by the oppressed and terrorised Indications of disuntion, as the wich we are wearing the func-which this Colony has endured, evening, I should like, noverer, veolica is the\n\narticles dulce, merely give contions of the 17 Government. in Caston would never have been to mention one or two new poluts only effective have done all that possibiv coal pole of Canton.\" method of restoring communies [be dune. Indeed, i believe that thoj We tell the Prime Minister that dense to the other side and truke which we say the Home Govern what it is to-tap. I maintain all which have recurred to me. The tions and trade between Hong-labours of both have been unit at this great masas judiquation meet car battle sil the harder. (AD-rent are totally incapable of doing if the Bolshies bad realised the fire is a very interesting historics! kong, Canton and South Chirie aud ting in our behalf. (Applause). jing we dead immediate and de-plause).\n\ntheir job despite the furt that we firmness of the power of Beitian point which I looked up this after- of preventio tae economic But they have apparently failed fejsive action by the British Govern- Support from Fonchow, Jare told they are brasted by every- they never would have attempted | noon, and it is iu connection with destruction of Hongkang and of and we, the parle of Hongkong, meat, \"Dervind,\" Fix. is a strang The fileman then read the fol-body. We propose to do by to have planted themselves in the what is called the second war of British interests in the Treaty and new asked to cable our case word, Bat, in car gremstances loving telegram, he had received establishing a hickade by navalety of Canton to work their China\" in 1867. The casse Porte of Swatow, Anioy, Foochow | divert to the Prime Ministry who, ant entirely in schord with it. If the Fuochor Chamber of forces of Canton (Bear heart-ruinous tropazendo aguinal ue. that war was as follows: There And South Chura.\n\nhimself a business man, and withiam in aword with the whole of the Commerce: \"We welcome news Does it ever occur to you that' (Applause). As a 27 years real- (Continued on page 11.)\n\nThe Ultimatum.\n\nby\n\nultimatum at once to the Canton\n\nAuthorities.\n\nfrani SARDA\n\n\"ensider neessary.”\n\nhista Chinore\n\nAu-British\n\nHS\n\nDeces\n\nAnd this is the condition\n\nsande\n\nA Policy of Frightfulness.\n\n<\n\nprobably one\n\nטיין\n\ntho\n\n\"Nonsense.\"\n\nTake eivil\n\nyay\n\nthat time it was President Clare-nation, that it is the key to sil\n\nthcit\n\nThe General and Adaurai were la\n\nMr. Bertil Helstrom declared that the Cautog Goverment were\n\nbehind hiding themselves\n\nLae\n\nYo wit-\n\nof\n\nCLEAR OUT THE BOLSHEVISTS.\n\n(Continued from page 10.)\n\nMACAO NOTES.\n\nPORTUGUESE NAVAL FORCES.\n\nOur Con Correspondent.:\n\nwas a certain bost named the Arros comanded by a\n\nBrition captain and menned by a crew ol Chinese which\n\nMacau, Asvist 24.\n\nGuilherme 1veny\n\nCommander was selling in Perras at the Portuguese cruiser\n\nValedictory,\n\nSOUTH CHINA\n\nMORNING POST\n\nCUQUETTING WYIH BOLSHEVISM.\n\nCLARING DISCREPANCUSS AND INCONSISTENCIES.\n\nBg J. R for the\n\nS. C. M. Plat.)\n\nrenk\n\nthenight\n\nWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1926.\n\nBULSHEVISM IN CANTON, OPINION OF THE CHINESS.\n\nNot Mind to the Menace\n\n.\n\núť\n\nIt is a\n\nApes-balipenny stomp\n\nqof the world's richer in tantury and commerce and munstry wil ouer\n\nthe studurls and dissatisfaction, POINTS ABOUT HONGKONG. Jar Jnker i to destruction. Then\n\nwithin lite workers, and clearly! it is the opportunity of the prude\n\nGerezand that the Boishavets -\n\nTHAT YEHEN. tatiane ar wordmen of the world bel\n\ntead o\n\nCover their violation step in ani lake over the govern! Le spirit with the anavarde.\n\nOne frequently copies aerosy & met within every ti\n\nment that strikers have the auto-reference to The noder ermits have resterday. It is apparently a copy or parties they have reasons to op-\n\nTac lowing letter reurbed us inge of refusing service to persons and is is a non praatine, though\n\nHongkong, China, the ordinary way under the werepublics is beer, appointed Con-]\n\ntinue war again unchained an Great of a lever addressed to Han. Mi pore or disagree with.\n\ncantile marine flag. That Bag woa marder in Chief of the Portuguese critical paalysis of Tolcheviniz, matkab Ulustration of the acner!\n\nI make no prebusion of writing a war in Buspe a sroviding a P. D. Holyoak. for it ronds:\n\nan entirely wrong and costly one. to aldress letters in itis Fashion torn down by some Chlaese cffcial Naval Forces in the Far East. pricking all its tabbles of fallacy wf Marx's practition\n\nWe are admit that Bolshevism Hongkong, as is often pointed out and trampler under foot and from The Gift Esues, the Portuguese ami impracticable aspirationa\n\nHengkong. Avgust 25, 1995. At So while wardly. the Boise-Mase Meeting, Hongkong Rederiz. Teking and those in other capitalet at a letter there fan it does To P. H. Holyoak. Esy., Chairman, meurs and that the authorities at British Colony, and it costs no re\n\nwill reapest no diplomatic setite not a part of tha that single treident arose the transport, is due to-gorrow, to be thint I attempt to do within theviste argue, their way in wegent out be-- avcond Chign war, which is vervi followed, i understand, by other scones this series of articles Sa tobali of the workmen, the property i vesidents in Hongkong, we wished with the local situations in Sauch other often referred to as the Arrow war. units of the Portuguese navy.\n\nOur dear Sir--As temporary have but been thoroughly acquaint frein on end of Lepdon to the sonin the misformed with solens clar, the movement in vanity in In connection with that, I might\n\nThe offres of the Naval Foresta pitfalls and spares sufficient a gigantic ble for the emancipatie sure through you our friends out- Chire. say that in those days there were at Mano bave been entertained on\n\ndone the wick Another mistaken to convince the radicais in this por.cf the whole of making Tu vltimate Side Chaton that the people of\n\nCantonese Not Inactive. such things as talograms or several occasione during the past prasnat fer cannot change the car and the catablishment of a gecine of the apperching danger of us to point out again that the thus \"Hong Kong.\" In a letter to suting is the soiting out of the tion of Chins that Reichevism in the action of all cases within romery vangtung bave ust been unaware, Instructions from home, and the law daya in Mace, lo honour of\n\nIt may be of interest to you for nord Hongkong in two syllables- Govamar of is Celery at that a arcival of the Republice.\n\nof contemplary Etical decuracy have been the win this! Boisbevis and have in the last people of Kwangtang are not at all the serve with ference to his time, Sir Jeha Bowring, gave\n\nI dare to main in the Bolsterisw. urier to the then Admiral to gu\n\nWhether the Boltw years repeatedly, unceasingly native to their desire to oust the reatly published book de Luss ahead and the Admite went ahead and kindred services are a lun-damage to Crins, materials and The Siberists lar maintain chat pay all unjust and unreasonable seating inertia has he fored by Mast as read of Leigh and Orange\n\niam can only do a gent deal of izin to do is ezether question.\n\nThe Chater Collection, \"Mr. James Ws are rumurimes inclined to meer cheon in honor of Mr. Meireles exacialks, and cae eomplish unthing tus capitalis have all the advantaxes whenever poscite and, a circonstances they are still unable points our list throughout the book.\n\nagainst ni rafal arts, refusing to from their territory. the thetri at what we call eatly Victorian Vasconcelos, Director of the Trea of constructive value in all ages of anperior education, diei-lehad once, get the Bolshevis arms to overoane, and that, as soon as except for quotations, Hongkong is day Lord Palmerston was then suy, at the Garden of Mr. LaBolleva a contend movenwet plis maitsey elect an every-to me in our earlier struggles necessary and proper arrangementer, 34 cis word, for the panca Prime Minister and his action was Lit-ok who is leaving Macao et ventras a gonerat earth thous at Meir disposal Ther-fore we had not received say arors er are posfected, nonstory stops will mation in the Hongbing Geor challenged in the House of shortly, having been promoted re-¡queto in the political world mans and he weat ic\n\nthe leazsition from Capitaine to material sacncrayanent from vat- be taken to teenvet the power and went Questa of Juan I general į raty re Cape Verde.\n\nelection on that incident, and was) in tog pravicua articles 1 are Comunion acrveserily inside. French Properly At Knuten.\n\nreturned to power with\n\nItoushed but lightly upon a fan of the fierce and hitter struggle të penis,\n\nthe government now surped by a Ex the ne a lugel lette has vast received in mais features relating to the exto come. Anjority. (Applause). Gentle Macao From: Canlon stating that trene doctrine of Bolshevism. Buf\n\nOur poupe of Kwangtung realize arty of Bolabevists who nove of Home.\" men, 1 must admit that i am amazed the students and their friends have cons ook has been braught|\n\nand the Tera is the elose relationship and natual spoble persons inside or questde sed in the colony of and by Tu the Way. that the British Governent has completely creuptut the genusd sur- forth, boyster, to show how Isnn. This was the reason why Lan cach other bewear Piston and Satereat and inter-doprudence on\n\nthe Repair of China recognize. nol yet come to the mist of this rounding the French Cathedral attirely fodifferent the Sasior leaders, and eves serious re- Hongkong, 2e fally content of of Bolshevists in places where for- ing in de colony.\n\nYear Indignation over the acts of the murervus compazzes sziginat local newspapery and in the title Colony, because Mr. Austen Chau Canten. Fais property does not the fundular basis tion, long, chstinate, desper the fact that further delay in the 6' interests as well as Chinese stizer boule a far back as the fire of belong to the Fenet. Mission human justice, bborts, law alte resistance of the exploiters, who return to normal trade wil result are affected and your desire to set nountry generally write Hongkong Fay said that he would not con- s pozerally supposed but is the order, in the buique sat sinister for many yours will Fet enjoy Beant in economie rain in all parts of an early restoration peace and as two sepuute words or connected new spars in his sider any queation in connection property of the French Gorestrment i kuptbody slov bare adsulod te msk.#antage over the exploited, 200- South Chins, are not blind to the dation, and we shall not hesitate to perinces and guts, equally com with the revision of tresties with and the letter expresses much in\n\nshitates the rule Never treachery of Bolshevista taking as you that we are not by any posed of wwe words, and not ? Bolaberian sa wwerapishat fort in\n\ntrade have our sympathy and agure with a hyphen, but ace of Chinese China until the Chinese Govet dignation that this occupation Russia and in the world.\n\nthis explosers spirit to the devi sneller behind the patricting of weans sing in our man and effort writion. mam had taken steps toʻpot au end should be permitted a cantase. I propuse in talt article de cussion of the vaploited myjority with.\n\nstentia on ona or iso other lend at making use of weir advanger to get rid of a curve and danger Kwanz-tung, or Shang-ii, for in ing questions pertain to the Como destinate title on juries hearsing joumakor\n\nurist movement, before pusting con of butle This method Elswrists had promised test ther parts of the world wherever\n\ney (the now cursing not only China but all stan in her articles, to fleeinstate the whokaale slaughter of peklish Coururin. Instead the Bolshevisus rasy he feand.\n\nThe ela of the Treasury at the revolutionary epicís of Polshereevwia can carry out what they fought the by veicing protesta epits and dangers of Rolshesin Crange,who will be amembered cat\n\nto the present aali-foreign aft-\n\ntion and had shows their ability) 21\n\nto enforce law and order and res- set for the treaty rights of the Powera. Well, gentlemen, I ca Daly understand that utterande f Mr. Chamberlain, or Foretgui Secretary to incare that he will inist at the treaty rights of th Powes including the treaty rights George, at present\n\nPRINCE'S PARTNERS.\n\nSEAMENTS DANCE HONOURED\n\nthat even revolatutory grant uns, aliats, acientists and intel-\n\nBY ROYALTY.\n\nTis\n\nRaval\n\nThe Ladies Pleased.\n\nHighness Prince serving OE!\n\nસં\n\nof Great Britain, are observed. Beard. M. S. Hawking\n\nnicht.\"\n\nThe Right iv Trade, Another statement, which shovid\n\nke to evole For 3 Atatement radi\n\nnex\n\nbation\n\nal simul\n\nSince Bolshevism has beende a\n\nthe well-known firm of architects.\n\nAltst\n\nCin\n\nan then Chen\n\ndoes\n\nM: Orange\n\nnot\n\nWOMEN'S FAVOURITES\n\nThousanda\n\naf diveritnating\n\n| vidvas unde of passion, celia and Icausis in Soviet Russis day be geda violence are not cháy incompatible/en they belong to the bennemin Passat propresor, who g all times; world care and is bringing suffer wone favour Finkettes shove all Iwith, but sien me at zereal it. class sul they are what the Itausinn./ institule time individualistio inr to a markand 4 should be other forms of laxelive rasdicipe the Chiapan cekiral and social mini f're on to say \"Telko Meshare clase to every courworwegian. The! Rosiroved sé a commoor enemy tu because they are daniy and finy,\n\nLet us ans for a montat pe B of pagiâniam, Instead they created! and the question of regoring a sanie pleasant attribute. make thi\n\nabout the two halves the\n\n(It's in the way\n\nme no opposition parly is\n\nThe Troia\n\nDictators started with the singa rankind wherever ay be sound. set as gently as deture.\n\na mikiose vilities. They tried to\n\nFastcnd!\n\nAnd the\n\nvince.\n\nameeten the breath, reliese Piles. SANG TAI PI\n\nOr Chemist, cr post free, 60 Representing Trade Maintenance cents the vial, fiber Dr. Williams'\n\nthe Russian Committee\n\nof Kwanglang Pro-Medicine Co. 60 Kiurgse Road,\n\nShanghai.\n\nTerminology. Let us be clear is que mlade, at Sevich Coverment fpican The hes now got before bit: the coasts! Lieutenant. F. N., is entering into Bolszign, about me of its berms railrendy of the country and soil!ead egy paved the way for a bus that of tinnal, poitical or ter-3\n\nath age of our demont ega borist Germans operates the cager war revolution. In ebeny shack nut tonch equally poster with men. Fegulatory which Lave recen3y the fe of a pavai miticer with äi! | sand their meanings have theragh; garettes uz the streets of 47tical renstur in every courtes Levi zitorial isaga or jurisdietic bean premalgeted in Canton, Of the seal and voi comradeship it important to emplaza th's point, The Government publiskan books Capitalista Justead shey used by via the people of Kwangtung are stimulate the vet, increase the To restore tally regularity, to July 15 the Tuted said: \"Tala iza for whuck the senior scrvive shows not a len we still hary regazina clueSYSYFTS\n\nremedy sick Headaches, bilirse at started by Aging dagsint\n\nteing likewise cursed by Golate; canky, vertigo. moment when Britisa noley must noted.\n\nnabilance, take a dear and definite slipe.\n\nAt the Serbu for sale o contasomarine watching with deep interrat the appetite un ald digestion, Pin wesome titres horses, kabels to culliossins capitalists from manner the people of Hongkong kottes are perfection. They keep Saturday 1st, he attended whole of the Coromast uwment, father, angs, tramour lines a firent Brigin and the United Mate will adopt to lessen evils now being the system cisan and cool, clear the thia potey is such that it romance held at the Seamen's menda fisalf to vibes and ledly stitute arranged by the Lower deck je\n\nfnamely, Bolshevism and Conping lies oil lids, fntests and with roses and the weath of a spread by Bolshevists in this part! skin of tiles and inches, 10 eucive corumca actformet of the flagship,\n\nunitark in e werd, the Sovie stie! muck the better. But the epon through the larger part\n\nand stayed Bolabeviam is derived from is a puremanent a well ea cupidavast continook They started be of Fire worldYours respectfully.\n\nof the thevik, meaning the aforisy, in of industry, a benker, and a me sibility for defending the preet and progare. hely by o\n\nsholisking Christianity. means opposition to the caiter saner evolu-chant garbined. Do wot forget that they produced a merkado revival, row seriously threatened British dent in the choosing of part-tionary social parts, the teemast of the and leaders are misber interests in Chixa les Ayst at\n\nof Christianity in His first was Mrs. A. Carsbeviki, mating the misoging, which profesional en foremost on the British Govern-zon, introduced by the M. C., and overdures the Czarist Govery agriculturiste or factory and\n\nfor terhesta, brople cer Mr. R. M. Marks and Mese, and hooome the Berents They con osy wield the dimurtively M. Hart\n\nGovernante Bolshevism enme into per gue and unta, respritčeniy d. norber of tea\" dances were goter in Brasia, thanks to a pecu- The Goverment is andor tic feature of the programme and a combination of cirrowtanens. Soviet Umon, which is dem into these . R. U. etered with during the Great War in Europe. by a \"all opinionated, curgeat: He, Bridgeman, the First Lord enthasian; thus nearly all the Lean did not wriggin surreptitious group of people who conduci dio of the Admiralty, in anewer to a d'en prezent, had the much cavetrain in Decober, 1917, the fate of and pessants\" 1 urte saia in the fanove sealed taimeslip in the name of workers! question in the Hogan of Commons ad bacoor of partering rogalts. Pussis might have been far brighter Theu, there is no party in Sri an August 6th. Mr. Bridgens which was the more gratifyuz in and apper that loviny. said the aircraft carrier Hermes 15at the Penes in not my need trofe of Teuin might well\n\nThe stel Rosie, but lay act of Coni- had been despatchen to Chins and cellent dancer, bar a charming con- compared to Papierna Box, frran tuluraber her aircraft would be utilised fex verszalonalles, putting at ease in which hare bean les loose ste that there is no Parliament Patt It cessarily Follow taining and exercising the paradiately those whom the fortune evile that spread throughout Husin:eally art economically the fovict sonnet of the deer ait erm and, if the \" brought him. necessary, in co-operation with Hia\n\nfor the matter of that, all over the state is shalately anaipotent Majesty's naval and military forces in the resolution cutii bu reconciled\n\nworld, during the past seven seats. for the protection of the lives and that they should demand a cer several messings\n\nCommunism is a word te has\n\nIf you ask the Reds why there! property of British subjects. (A) define polier to be adapted, pivo it: Coronen riskip of prothe Seriet State, Nie auswor\n\nTitively should be such an omniveleace of clause). Well, ladies and gentiang vet at the same me declare paty: the abolition of privale prothéery is somethies, like this:| wen, I think we shall all zgree that that they left it to the discretion porty and state control of labour,ell. e Comumeist mozeworę the most important right of pro-ef the Dome Government as to religion. social elezions. perty widen we have out here in tow they sheall art. He asked sometimes it is need to deste a\n\nest go through twu ktages: the Far East is the right to trade the Chairman whether he would be theory of wciety, much surilar stage, based on the dominance of the (7) brandtiongi, terolatiouns suroth the treaty novia with the willing to modify the resolution 'n that of the exoly Chifiia in slate by the leaders of the working l'enor of Chr. That is a rigut, order that it might be made the which all property is held in class, sch as Rusia is w-day of wennerty far more important than unanimous voice of all preventi\n\nIt is also beef aquony nonsig same other rights of property we that the mantingarnestly dead with Sorialians In the sanac as it\n\n(4) a Communistic, clas-texs hear of, soch as the infringeant that the Goremecut should adopted in Randa. the word suns ponitury of catharity has sunither slag, in which the state as a m of a trade mark. 1 is a mithrona drastic pelley. He believe the work of Marx and Engels, pub Bon the Commanist Manifeabın” times es inaporist as any right of the meeting was entirely unanimous\n\nwhich is the fun! alage.\" a trade mark, and therefore we that they must take steps to tonery amunista regard that afforz\n\nThe writing that I hav The moder revue direct again Bolabeviews cebleed that, in the past, was the Home Government to their Bible, though Lenis kaŭ dezy ought to rely upon ar alle prend and decisiva netten. Nacy, in verionelen with any vil-]\n\naled and bem i's cardinal \"prised and social structure of the atte Visiont changer of ile politi. The Chairman intimated that he tary forces. to protect our very was quite prepared to adopt Mr.\n\nplen\" important lights of trading Men Johnston's view and the resolution\n\nproines vicient reaction, for a ni the Chinese at the resty peris and was therefore amended to read as\n\nrule, according to most auciologists, The fundamentals of Comuni violone social explosion will bring in trading through the weaty parts follows: neordingly the with the interior of Chica. (Ap-cents of this Celory\n\nwere examined by a shout exere har han And The at a great are who predicted that the crn of existing conditione in Mossta nes ikisi plarse) mass indignation macting, demand! Capitalism would crane to an ad by routine evidence of that pat There is juan mie other patio that the British Govarumeat imperson of the very contradictions 2 The \"oike\" the sheald ike to mute batera dietely adapts a drastic policy, as The consian he assigned for ita utitures who guztically deszinat icharvat in the nature of Ospitation ut novior, Komesey Stalin, dawn, and bat la\n\nthis. In the wa vecture to suggest, in the folio marc downfall are briefly these. the policies of the Russia Couperist eat war of 1914-18 Great Bri-ug ultimatum\n\nCepitelism with its hage organist Party, here aiready abandonat notite tain went to war benuste the treaty authorities.\"\n\nthm of sommaren and industry the of the quja \"prikupies” found in rights of Bellam aud been regarde Mr. J. Russel arged that the world user, aiting only at exploits the policies of the Bussian Comp ed as a more scrap of paper. Cap-siculd include in the telegram that tion of inhour, tends to create dis- and the Centrunism of Locin and plause). She railed upon her power abould be given to the local sontent among the proletarians of Proteks. How do we know that inj children at all parts of the world Government to deal with the situs-worker to come and joie to that war andition.\n\nWithin the political morber four years these \"prei slate, the capitalist are so poseifei mor\" may not be changed more and] Hongkong nably responded, (Hear After sotna further discussion with their animation of wealth more under the necessity of leas. Sarom handred men went the resciolion, as amended, was pati sad property that lay are in a pri proinine wish the exigencies of the forth front this Colony, many of to the meeting and carried and time dominate the government and tiran↑ whom made the great sacrifice. loud and prolonged chears. They made the groat sacrifice be Mr. W. A. Doutes, tu appealing utical, and totally destegend the cl This far we have obrered Soviet cause they were a part of the Bri- for enairibations toward the eine reasses of proletarians or Russia coisang of theas dienuator..\n\nsh Empire. They espoused beren suvolved, mentioned that the men de Berbund Rustel pute it\n\ncies; Bonde capitalion sú private! guaarel, and wo are asking Crent telegram would neet $1,200.\n\nnunoactly: Internally, is protects inlordien, bourgonis property- Britain to espouse sur quarvel now. A hearts vote of thanks to the the rich against she poor; oxtarazt ayub g and prival trading, as well (Applause). Surely the British Chairman concluded the meeting is uses tores for the evolaitatiores selling or signing away of mining. Government cannot are this\n\nof interior races, and for ongori concessions and much other right to urgert ery for help which we are The Feuch Police at Shanghai with other Stadoy\" Capitalistic nations sending out. Our need is grogh have succeeded in treshing what ice to Ma. Fussell, he is not a Dol The is no dictatorshie s the and prigent, and bar entre is just, might be called a factory for fabut bevist, he is far too wise a pollon.proletaring at the present, nether (Cheers).\n\n*100*1. The money bas bean diser to accept Bolsbesis was polis there the prospect of the doing\n\nributed largely auungst exchange ical unce\n\naway with the State and the coming! A Slight Amesiment.\n\nshops in the couressions, but follow- 1 Caputzikin or She capitaistic Tow mecasites of Breshevian\n\nof the fren visitly in the fronre The Rev. J. Horace Johnstoning disclosures by the arreated num, state is dovanć w virker sway in As far as the Gevement and ite asid he cosid not personally seentry of the proprietors wee alsoldige encore, bocause the arable of policine are concerned, may best in how the two statements contained' approbeertet for darling in the win. the capitaliste nations for partition summed up in the words of a keenly\n\nresi.\n\n213 the Canion\n\nshe is\n\nKarl Marx.\n\neverything nonamic, social and po-\n\nLo\n\n+ #\n\ne\n\nSi\n\nGillette\n\nMANA\n\nThe Well Groomed Man\n\nIs Properly Shaved\n\nH13 free shows no sign of beard and it is freeotirritations caused hy dull or improperly designed\n\nrazors.\n\nThe Gillette has always been an ac companiment of the well groomed man. Since 1903 its use has 2dicated good judgment--the mauuko appre saics the mumerous refnemesis in nazor construction which have made\n\nCilenc shave superior to sng whee\n\nThe New\n\nImproved\n\nThe New Improved Gillette does not siog with bair and lather. The blude is placed in exactly the correct position fo cut the hair evenly and level with the surface of the skin. And, finally, the blade is held so it does not vibrate and rerepe the skin.\n\nThese are the reasons why more than 3,000,000 have already bought the Now Jumpraved Giliette. You won't kann sitovi-gconfort until you ownone.\n\nbur aule at all good skaps\n\nBuren wện MULLER A PITIPPA! Limited Mesas Weltban, lions Anes,\n\nGillette\n\nSAFETY RAZOR\n\nMade in Most U.S. A by the Gillette Safety Ruzor Company\n\nPage 10\n\nPage 11\n\nSOUTH CHINA MORNING POST\n\nWEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1925",
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        "content_text": "is not wholly unsatisfactory, and His Majesty's Government intend, for the present at any rate, to continue their policy of doing all that lies in their power to make the embargo a reality. They will continue, for instance, the stringent administrative measures which permit British merchants and manufacturers to supply their continental competitors who supply China with war materials and explosives; And similarly will continue to discourage British subjects from participating in any such contraventions, even though this involves the loss of a profitable business to the London ammunition factories.\n\nTo this end a despatch was published, explaining the attitude of His Majesty's Government and the administrative measures by which their policy is enforced.\n\n4. It is not improbable that at the forthcoming Conference on arms traffic to be held at Geneva the question may arise whether China should be scheduled as a prohibited area, and His Majesty's Government are considering what attitude they should adopt in that event.\n\nThere can be little doubt that there is much ground for grave disquiet, for the reasons indicated in the letter from the Military Attaché (a copy is enclosed). A change, or even an increase, in the conditions of warfare,—a supply of modern war materials,—may involve the Powers in fresh military commitments in the Far East. This is a matter of international concern and it is under consideration.\n\nVarious reasons, since the plea of military necessity may be urged, based upon the internal situation, should it be sought. I recently...\n\nPage 603\n\n \n\nCorrected and formatted according to the given instructions:\n\n1. Corrected spelling errors (e.g., \"unstatish\" to \"unsatisfactory\", \"mke\" to \"make\", \"w£12\" to \"will continue\", \"tint\" to \"that\", \"ingơobabile\" to \"improbable\", etc.).\n2. Fixed spacing issues and hyphenation artifacts.\n3. Rejoined broken sentences.\n4. Restored paragraph breaks where necessary.\n5. Indicated no missing words as the text was mostly coherent after correction.\n6. Did not rephrase or rewrite the original text, only corrected unambiguous errors.\n7. Formatted the text in HTML using `` for paragraphs.\n8. Did not translate any text.\n9. Ensured file references are correctly formatted (though none were present in this snippet).\n10. Preserved \"Page 603\" as it represents page numbering information.\n11. Removed no explanation wordings as there were none to remove.\n12. Did not reorder newspaper text as it was not applicable here.\n13. Did not reconstruct tables as there were none.\n14. Did not adjust for Chinese writing direction as the text was primarily in English.\n15. Did not leave any comments in the text.",
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        "content_text": "It is for consideration, now that there is no prospect of making the China Arms Embargo policy really effective, whether, in view of changed conditions of Chinese internal war fare, the time has not come to attack the problem on new lines. As will be seen from the despatch to His Majesty's Ambassador at Washington, copy of which is enclosed for your information, I am sounding the view that an attempt should be made, at the forthcoming Arms Traffic Conference at Geneva, to control agreement for the suppression of the traffic in arms to China.\n\nI should be glad to know as soon as possible whether this idea would appeal to Your Lordship.\n\nI am, with great truth,\n\nMy Lord,\n\nYour Excellency's obedient Servant,\n\nfor the Secretary of State,",
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        "content_text": "Copy,\n\n10. 785 (2476/24)\n\nCopy to Tokio.\n\nConfidential.\n\n(3 581/1/10)\n\nSir,\n\nBritish Legation,\n\nPeking,\n\nDecember 15th, 1924.\n\n610\n\nWith reference to your despatch No. 697 Confidential (F 2520/15/10) of the 20th August last, relative to the export of aircraft from France to China, requesting information as to the utilisation since the beginning of 1924 of French aeroplanes for military purposes in China, I have the honour to state that my telegrams No.280 and 281 of the 1st October reporting on the circumstances attending the arrival of certain French aeroplanes consigned on board the S. S. \"Chantilly\" would seem to contain sufficient evidence of an indirect nature to justify representations being made to the French Government. I would, moreover, invite special reference to the expression of opinion contained in my second telegram with regard to the violation by the French of the spirit if not of the letter of the Arms Embargo Agreement.\n\nI would further observe that His Majesty's Consul-General, Mukden, has informed me that although he is unable to obtain any positive information of a nature amounting to direct evidence of their employment for military purposes he nevertheless saw last summer at least two French aeroplanes which had been newly unpacked.\n\nRight Honourable\n\nAustin Chamberlain, M.P.\n\netc.\n\netc.\n\netc. Foreign Office.",
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        "content_text": "French machines and I am further informed by His Majesty's Consul-General in Shanghai that the eight Breguet flying machines referred to by Major Unter reached Shanghai on 21st November 1924, having been purchased by Lu Yung-hsiang through the French firm of Chapeaux Frères.\n\n4.\n\nWith regard to the observations contained in the final paragraph of your despatch under reference I have the honour to inform you that, until conditions have become normal and the aeroplanes not already damaged or destroyed on active service have returned to their bases, I am not in a position to report on either the numbers of British aeroplanes still in commission or the uses to which they are being put.\n\nI agree however, with your presumption that in the present conditions in China \"all aircraft will in fact be used solely for military purposes\" whatever their numbers, their distribution or their country of origin and in this connection I would refer you to the opinion expressed in my telegram No. 338 of 22nd November regarding the prohibition of export of aircraft to China during the present disturbances.\n\nI further note from a perusal of the correspondence transmitted under cover of Foreign Office despatch No. 862 Secret (T3460/15/10) of 24th October that it has now been decided to make representations to the French Government in regard to the \"Chantilly\" incident and I am of opinion that the firm attitude adopted by His Majesty's Government in this instance will no doubt cause the French authorities to act in future more closely in conformity with the spirit of the Arms Embargo Agreement.\n\nI have etc.\n\n(Signed) Ronald Macleay.",
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        "content_text": "Faraphrase of telegram from Sir R. Macleay (Peking)\n\nDated February 14th, 1926.\n\n617\n\nIn the event of it being decided that suggested new international convention shall conform in general character to the principle of the convention of September 10th, 1919 which excluded from the category of prohibited areas all territories other than those occupied by primitive or uncultured races and territories deemed to be assigned by virtue of mandate or under protection, I hold the view that Chinese Government in view of their position as a member of the League and a party to the Convention of 1919, would strongly deprecate any further effort on our part, whether ultimately successful or not, to procure international concurrence in a classification of this description.\n\nAny suggestion that China should be so classified would, I believe, bring us into very bad odour in China.\n\nNaturally this difficulty would be obviated if the Chinese delegation could be persuaded to concur in such an arrangement, but I consider that that is a most unlikely contingency.\n\nWe must not lose sight of the fact that the Arms Embargo Agreement is confessedly merely a provisional arrangement designed to remain in effect until the advent of a government whose determination is to stamp out civil war in the country, and whose authority is admitted by the whole of China.\n\nWere this agreement to be regarded in any other light, it might be construed as a hostile combination of Powers formed for the purpose of ensuring that China shall remain defenceless and powerless.",
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        "content_text": "The fact therefore must be kept clearly in view that the intention of this suggested arrangement is only to classify China as a prohibited area until such time as stability shall have been re-established.\n\nIt will be necessary to decide whether Thibet is to be included or not in the event of China being declared a prohibited area.\n\nIt is just on the cards, though of course unlikely, that at some future date we may find it expedient to afford practical assistance to a normal and reactionary Central Government to enable them to deal with an extreme left party co-operating with Bolsheviks for the denunciation of treaties which might gain possession of certain of the Chinese arsenals and also obtain arms and ammunition through Russian channels of supply.\n\nIn such circumstances an international convention would in some respects probably prove a less convenient arrangement than the existing scheme which is capable of being modified or, if necessary, put an end to.\n\nIn my opinion the embargo scheme cannot be regarded as an absolute fiasco inasmuch as it has undoubtedly obviated a very large volume of importation of arms and ammunition into China by French, American, British and Japanese manufacturers.\n\nI am aware, of course, that it has not succeeded in absolutely putting an end to dumping and I fully realise that it would be an excellent thing if some more satisfactory solution could be found, but at present I fail to appreciate how the proposed International Arms Convention will remedy this state of affairs by declaring China a prohibited area if such convention is not signed by Germany and Russia which are the countries chiefly responsible for ...\n\nPage 613",
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        "content_text": "FATT\n\nHIS EXCELLENCY\n\nthe importation of arms into this country.\n\nI concur, however, in the view that the\n\nexamination by the suggested international conference of\n\nall the circumstances connected with the dumping of arms in\n\nChina is likely to be useful, particularly if it should result\n\nin the elaboration of a better scheme for the solution of the\n\nwhole question with the aid of the League and, preferably, with\n\nthe assistance of the Chinese Government.\n\nI fear, however, that the Chinese Government\n\nmay prove distinctly recalcitrant in this matter, for they have\n\nnever consented to our arms embargo arrangements being made\n\napplicable to themselves, although they have approved them in\n\nso far as they were aimed against hostile and provincial\n\nelements.\n\nDated 6.2.25.\n\nAbove refers to Foreign Office telegram\n\n019",
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        "content_text": "on\n\nc.1507 4/1926.\n\nSir.\n\nConfidential.\n\nDowning Street,\n\n10th August, 1926,\n\nWith reference to previous correspondence regarding the situation in China, I am directed by Mr. Secretary Amery to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain, the accompanying copy of two secret despatches from the Governor of Hong Kong, dated the 27th and 28th of June.\n\n2. In the former despatch Sir Cecil Clementi advocates general readjustment of British policy in China on lines which, it is understood, have already been under examination in the Foreign Office. In the latter despatch the Governor urges in particular that the question of continued adherence to the China Arms Embargo Agreement merits early reconsideration.\n\n3. With regard to this last question it is understood that Sir Austen Chamberlain is awaiting...\n\nUNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,\n\nFOREIGN OFFICE.",
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        "content_text": "201\n\nFrom NAB Majesty's Minister, Peking to his despatch of the 13th April, a copy of which was enclosed in letter No.F.1093/184/10 of the 20th April. The revision of the policy there suggested presupposes however, the existence of a stable Central Government and leaves for subsequent consideration the question of the attitude to be adopted towards independent Provinces. The Governor, on the other hand, urges the advisability of an immediate relaxation of the present restrictions on the ground that the arms embargo has failed in its object and that, as recent developments have shown, the existence of a Central Government at Peking controlling the affairs of China can no longer be expected.\n\nThe policy to be followed as regards requests from Canton Government for the loan of British advisers has been laid down in the telegram sent to Sir C.Clementi, with Austen Chamberlain's concurrence, on the 23rd July, a paragraph of which was enclosed in the letter from this Department of 24th July. I am, however, to request that the Governor's recommendations in regard to the Arms embargo may receive careful consideration and in particular to invite attention to the point contained in the 6th paragraph of his despatch of the 9th June, where it is suggested that the Canton Government should be permitted to purchase arms and ammunition from British firms.\n\nI am, Sir,\n\nYour most obedient servant,\n\nJ. Parkin",
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        "content_text": "Page 4\n\nFor Clementi Scarl\n\nCIRCULATION :-\n\nHONG KONG\n\nDATE\n\n28 June 1926\n\n138\n\n15074\n\n2 AUG 1926\n\nJust. U.S. of S.\n\nChina\n\nArms Embargo\n\nFrom U.S. of S.\n\nTo U.S. of S.\n\nSecretary of State\n\nPrevious Paper\n\n143410\n\n4/8\n\nMr Clutterbuck MINUTES Sir S. Wilson (244) 6/8\n\nFor Clutterback Copying kept\n\nCity to Fo comp, como. 7 Aug dis\n\nabove For\n\nCoret\n\n> aug726 LF\n\nSubsequent Paper\n\n15535\n\n=24247.05 48 11:25 EATTOW K.1339\n\nPage 4\n\n(End of Page)\n\n \n(No further text is available on this page)\n\n \n(Page numbering indicates the end of the page)",
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        "content_text": "141\n\nOMI\n\n„OSEIYA TUJI,\n\nCONBONOUSOTReg ziyang of soamrater doi\n\nL\n\n4\n\nTIE\n\nALÃO NO NOLJEt;in ada galbtaget\n\nMÚ GL VIBA VISISIDSĆ, TA\n\n15 novac. niż pisteiset\n\njaquab Jerona and lo\n\n1. 1676 m RTS nu bozeb\n\ngamezawl að AL .S\n\nme en tu ni yoilog dɛidir» to deudasjbaer Leronog s\n\n19° or need ybsorid aver\n\nt\n\n1500saistau si di froide senil\n\nto not any\n\ntá með 44 mi .Abičių maisto3⁄4edd ni moldanimaen\n\nmalo bolo malusidraq ni asĮTU TOMISYOŭ erð\n\npara mabiü mid al sonereribs bounidnos\n\n9:0ždorishianoset yĺtao aðİran\n\nBĄ JI MAJĦTop deal sida và, ragar daŁN ..\n\nMiJumar ti rreiranazad, mascul við dæmi: boo, #rebnu 7127\n\nGAME TO THAN JEL\n\nfrom His Majesty's Minister, Peking to his despatch of the 13th April, a copy of which was enclosed in letter No.F.1093/184/10 of the 20th April. The revision of\n\nthere suggested presupposes however, the existence of a fairly stable Central Government and leaves for subsequent consideration the question of the attitude to be adopted towards independent Provinces. The Governor, on the other hand, urges the desirability of an immediate relaxation of the present restrictions on the ground that the arms embargo has failed in its object and that, as recent developments have shown, the formation of a Central Government at Peking controlling the whole of China can no longer be expected.\n\nThe policy to be followed as regards requests from Canton Government for the loan of British advisers has been laid down in the telegram sent to Sir C.Clementi, with Chamberlain's concurrence, on the 23rd July, a paragraph of which was enclosed in the letter from this Department of the 24th July. I am, however, to request that the Governor's recommendations in regard to the Arms embargo may receive careful consideration and in particular to invite attention to the argument contained in the 6th paragraph of his despatch of the 13th, where it is suggested that the Canton Government should be permitted to purchase arms and ammunition from British firms.\n\nI am, Sir,\n\nYour most obedient servant,\n\n(a) Wapkin",
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        "content_text": "J. Harding,\n\nChey.\n\nShuckburgh.\n\nGrindle.\n\nDavis.\n\nWilson.\n\nM. de Gray.\n\nClarendon.\n\nKerry.\n\n2787\n\nwhich\n\nenchain\n\nin your\n\nF1093/184/10 other\n\nWS\n\nletiv No.\n\n20th April.\n\nThe\n\npolicy\n\n143\n\nrevision of\n\nthere suggested presupposes.\n\nHowever, the existence of a fairly\n\nAdvocates\n\na general readjustment\n\nof British policy\n\nin China on\n\nlines which,\n\nit is\n\nunderstood, have\n\nalready been under examination\n\nIn the F.O.\n\nIn\n\nThe latter day.\n\nHis Gov. urges\n\nin particular that\n\ncontinued adhesion\n\nto the question of\n\nthe China Arms Embargo Agreement\n\nbe\n\nreconsidered\n\n3. With regard to this last question\n\nit is understood that Sir Anglin\n\nMacdonald, Central East.\n\nand causes\n\ndecision\n\non the question\n\nfor subsequent\n\ndefinition of the attitude towards\n\nindependent Provinces.\n\nOn the other hand, urges\n\ndesirability of\n\nthe\n\nimmediate\n\nrelaxation of the present restrictions\n\non the ground that\n\nthe arms embargo\n\nhas failed in its object and that,\n\nas\n\nChiang Kai-shek is awaiting\n\nreply to\n\nH.M. Minister, Peking, his dispatch No. 267 of the 13th April, a copy of",
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        "content_text": "As recent developments have shown, the formation of a Central Government at Peking controlling the whole of China can no longer be expected. However,\n\n4. I am to request that the Governor's recommendations in regard to the Arms Embargo receive careful consideration and, in particular,\n\nJ. Harding, Shuckburgh, Grindle, Davis, Wilson, Amery-Gore, Clarendon.\n\nMATT.\n\nIFT.\n\n12894 (Sep bundle) \"Rly projects\"\n\nCopy aud.\n\nBritish advice has now been laid down. My tel. Sent 144 to Sir C. Clementi, with Sir Austen Chamberlain's concurrence, on 23rd July, a paraphrase of which is enclosed.\n\nDept. of Overseas Trade; 242 July\n\nI am directed to invite attention to the argument contained in the sixth paragraph of the despatch of the 28th June, when it was suggested that the Canton Govt. should be permitted to purchase arms and ammunition from British firms.\n\nThe policy in pursuance of regards a request from the Canton Govt. for the loan of ...\n\n \nIFT12894(Sepbundle)\"Rlyprojects\" should be corrected to IFT 12894(Sep bundle)\"Rly projects\"\n\nActually the correct is \n\nIFT 12894 (Sep bundle) \"Rly projects\"\n\n \nbecomes \nIFT12894(Sep bundle)\"Rly projects\" is not needed as per rule 10.\n\nSo the final output is \n\nAs recent developments have shown, the formation of a Central Government at Peking controlling the whole of China can no longer be expected. However,\n\n4. I am to request that the Governor's recommendations in regard to the Arms Embargo receive careful consideration and, in particular,\n\nJ. Harding, Shuckburgh, Grindle, Davis, Wilson, Amery-Gore, Clarendon.\n\nMATT.\n\nIFT.\n\n12894(Sep bundle)\"Rly projects\"\n\nCopy aud.\n\nBritish advice has now been laid down. My tel. Sent 144 to Sir C. Clementi, with Sir Austen Chamberlain's concurrence, on 23rd July, a paraphrase of which is enclosed.\n\nDept. of Overseas Trade; 242 July\n\nI am directed to invite attention to the argument contained in the sixth paragraph of the despatch of the 28th June, when it was suggested that the Canton Govt. should be permitted to purchase arms and ammunition from British firms.\n\nThe policy in pursuance of regards a request from the Canton Govt. for the loan of ...\n\nThe final output in HTML is \nAs recent developments have shown, the formation of a Central Government at Peking controlling the whole of China can no longer be expected. However,\n\n4. I am to request that the Governor's recommendations in regard to the Arms Embargo receive careful consideration and, in particular,\n\nJ. Harding, Shuckburgh, Grindle, Davis, Wilson, Amery-Gore, Clarendon.\n\nMATT.\n\nIFT.\n\n12894(Sep bundle) \"Rly projects\"\n\nCopy aud.\n\nBritish advice has now been laid down. My tel. Sent 144 to Sir C. Clementi, with Sir Austen Chamberlain's concurrence, on 23rd July, a paraphrase of which is enclosed.\n\nDept. of Overseas Trade; 242 July\n\nI am directed to invite attention to the argument contained in the sixth paragraph of the despatch of the 28th June, when it was suggested that the Canton Govt. should be permitted to purchase arms and ammunition from British firms.\n\nThe policy in pursuance of regards a request from the Canton Govt. for the loan of ...",
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        "content_text": "SECRET\n\nSir,\n\n147\n\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE.\n\nHONGKONG. 28th June, 1926.\n\nOn the 5th May, 1919, Sir John Jordan, as Dean of the Diplomatic Body at Peking, addressed to the Chinese Ministry for Foreign Affairs the note, of which for convenience of reference I attach a copy, conveying the decision of the Governments of Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, the United States, Russia, Brazil, France and Japan effectively to restrain their subjects and citizens from exporting to, or importing into, China arms and ammunition of war, and materials destined exclusively for their manufacture, until the establishment of a Government whose authority is recognised throughout the whole of China. This agreement was subsequently also endorsed without reservation by the Governments of the Netherlands, Denmark and Belgium, by the Government of Italy with the reservation that shipments already contracted for and en route might be delivered.\n\n2.\n\nThe Diplomatic Body followed up this announcement by an appeal to the Chinese Government to prohibit the import of arms and ammunition into China; but this was never effectually done. However, His Majesty's Minister at Peking took immediate steps to enforce this arms embargo upon British subjects in China by means of King's Regulations and issued\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE\n\nLIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,\n\n&c.,\n\n&c.,\n\n&c.",
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        "content_text": "143\n\nissued at Peking on the 2nd June, 1919, under article 155 of the China Order in Council, 1904, and article 13 of the China (Amendment) Order in Council, 1907. I attach a copy of these regulations for convenience of reference.\n\n3.\n\nThis arms embargo has been faithfully observed by the British Government; but it is notorious that other Governments have not been so strict, and that the Russian Government, which participated in the note of the 5th May, 1919, has been pouring arms and ammunition into Northern China for the assistance of the Kuo-min-chun, and into Southern China for the assistance of the Canton Soviet. Moreover, the arms embargo was plainly a self-denying ordinance adopted by the eleven Powers concerned in order to prevent the disintegration of China, for it was only to be in force \"until the establishment of a Government whose authority is recognized throughout the whole country\". Such a day is far distant, and in the meanwhile China has, for the time being, split into the following main divisions:- (a) the provinces controlled by Marshal Chang Tso-lin, namely the greater part of Chihli, Shantung and the whole of Manchuria:\n\n(b) the provinces controlled by Marshal Wu P'ei-fu, namely Hupeh, Honan and parts of Chihli and Hunan:\n\n(c) the provinces controlled by Marshal Sun Ch'uan-fang, namely Anhui, Chekiang, Kiangsi and Fukien:\n\n(d) the provinces controlled by the Kuo-min-tang, namely Kuang-tung in somewhat doubtful alliance with Kuanghsi, parts of Hunan and Kueichou:\n\n(e) the region controlled by the Kuo-min-chun, namely Inner Mongolia, Chahar, Sui-yuan, Kansu province and parts of Shensi and Shansi provinces:\n\n(f) Yunnan province under General Tang Chi-yao\n\n(g)",
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        "content_text": "(g) Ssu-ch'uan province under several petty generals. China is thus broken up into a number of military satrapies.\n\n4.\n\nOf these regional groups, those controlled by the Kuo-min-chun and the Kuo-min-tang are now under Bolshevik influence, and the War Lords of these areas, namely Marshal Feng Yu-hsiang in the North and General Chiang Kai-shek in the South, have been liberally supplied with arms and munitions of war from Russia, as well as with Russian generals and technical advisers. The purpose with which Russian help is thus given to the Kuo-min-chun and the Kuo-min-tang is to spread Bolshevism in China, and to undermine and, if possible, eliminate from the Far East the trade and influence of \"imperialist\" nations, of which Bolshevist propaganda consequently describes Great Britain as the foremost.\n\nUnder existing circumstances, the effect of the arms embargo is to withhold the sinews of war from our Chinese friends, who are anti-Russian, while in no way denying an abundant supply to those Chinese who, under Russian influence, have for more than a year past made a determined attack upon our trade in China and especially upon the British Colony of Hong Kong.\n\n5.\n\nMeanwhile, the Central Government at Peking has entirely disappeared. There is at present no Government at Peking, and, even if some phantom Government is reconstituted there, it will exert little authority outside the city walls. Is it, then, worth while for the sake of a Central Government which no longer exists or for the hope of the unification of China at some indefinite period in the future, to debar ourselves from helping our friends and, for example, to keep General Chiang Kai-shek under Russian influence because only from Russians can he get the munitions of war which he so urgently needs, if he is to maintain his position in Kuang-tung?\n\nPage 150\n\nPage 151",
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        "content_text": "150\n\nKuang-tung? The present arms embargo policy, if rigidly maintained by nations other than Russia, can only promote the rapid spread of Bolshevism in China, since it denies help to those who oppose Bolshevism. For instance, I do not believe that General Chiang Kai-shek is a communist or that he is really pro-Russian. But, as only the Russians will give him the kind of help he needs, and as the Russians will only give him that help if he pays lip service to Communism, he has been obliged to maintain an anti-British policy in Kuang-tung, where he is now to all intents and purposes dictator.\n\nIf the negotiations now being initiated for the purpose of ending the boycott prove successful, it should, I submit, be one of the objects of British policy in China to maintain very friendly relations with whatever Government exercises de facto control in the Kuang-tung province. Our aim should be to show the Cantonese that we can be more useful and better friends than the Russians. It is, of course, very much to the advantage of Hong Kong and of British trade in the West River Valley that law and order should be maintained in Kuang-tung and that piracy and brigandage should be suppressed. We should, therefore, I suggest, assist the Canton Government in these matters. We should also be ready to supply them with advisors to replace such men as Jacob Borodin, Remi and Gallent. Furthermore, if the Canton Government needs arms and munitions of war, we should, I submit, be willing to permit purchase from British firms.\n\n7.\n\nIn a secret despatch of yesterday's date, I have ventured to suggest that His Majesty's Government should, in concert with the Governments of the United States, Japan and France, review the situation in China in order to formulate a policy better adapted to present circumstances than our existing policy, which is based on the fiction that there",
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        "content_text": "151\n\nthere is a Central Government at Peking controlling the whole of China: and I would urge that the question of the arms embargo merits early reconsideration in this connection. The objects of the arms embargo were, I take it, twofold, namely\n\n(a) to prevent arms from getting into the hands of Chinese brigands and pirates: and\n\n(b) to prevent the supply of arms to the various war Lords who were endeavouring to subvert the Central Government.\n\nBut, as regards the first object, the arms embargo has failed in its purpose, for pirates and brigands are as well supplied with arms and ammunition as ever before; and, as regards the second object, there is now no Central Government left in China. The arms embargo, therefore, now only serves to make it less easy for anti-Bolshevists than for Bolshevists in China to obtain the arms and ammunition which they need; and plainly a policy, which serves no better purpose than this, ought without delay to be modified.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most humble obedient servant,\n\nClementi\n\nGovernor, &C.",
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        "content_text": "12\n\nIn reasserting that there was not and could not have been any intention to attack Shameen, we have categorically to state that the firing on June 23 was first opened from the Shameen side. This point, of course, is of vital importance. In view of its presentation by the British delegation, it now appears necessary for the Conference to consider whether the question of responsibility for the Shameen-Shakee shooting should not form the subject of a properly constituted international enquiry. We have, however, to point out that it was to avoid the necessity of such an enquiry that the Chinese delegation argued in their statement that the point is of \"secondary importance\" and \"is not a capital issue, since \"all the relevant facts of the case support the view that, even if the Shameen firing were done in the first instance in so-called defence (which is categorically denied), it was EXCESSIVE AND THEREFORE LEGALLY UNJUSTIFIED,”\n\nWhile we are prepared to agree to the holding of an enquiry to determine the **question of whose act gave rise to the tragedy,' we cannot in the meantime allow to go unchallenged the written statements by the Danish and Swedish Consuls and American citizens who were present at the same time, and assert definitely of their own knowledge that the first shots were fired from Shaker.\" These men formed part of the population or of the garrison of Shameen on June 23 and they are no more disinterested witnesses than is Sir James Jamieson. In principle their testimony is just as tainted as that of the men who actually shot down Chinese students and others on the Shaker bund. Nor can we refrain from instantly repelling the attempt to fasten responsibility for the Chinese dead and wounded on the Chinese authorities who, it is alleged, disregarding the folly and danger of their action, allowed inflammable material to be placed ready to the hands of the agitators seeking for an opportunity to cause a conflagration.\" There is a familiar ring in these words. It is always heard when men's folly and unwisdom plunge them into deeds of blood and a scapegoat must be tracked. But the real reply to this charge is that the Chinese Authorities did not interfere with the demonstration because, as a fact, they were absolutely satisfied that no attack would or could be made on Shameen. Responsible witnesses can attest to this fact.\n\nA host of\n\nWe note that the British delegation challenge our definition of the anti-British boycott as a patriotic abstention from all commercial relations with the British and assert that it is imposed on an unwilling people by a small but powerful organisation of persons who maintain the boycott by force of arms. A complete reply to this British contention would necessarily involve the discussion of questions which, though we are ready and prepared to discuss them, do not come within the ambit of this Conference, we have to emphasize the grave insult to the Chinese nation that is implied in the British view. To believe that the Chinese people are incapable of mass indignation and mass action for acts of death and violence of the type enacted on the Shakee Bund is not only to err grievously but to imply that we are a people with the stuff of slaves in us. It is doubtless true that there have been incidents in our relations with the British, in the past. But great tidal waves of change have swept across the world; and men's work and action in this region of Asia are to-day inspired by ideas of freedom and human dignity which will not suffer them tamely to submit to violence and injustice. Unless this is grasped and understood by the British and translated into their policy and action, the future of our relations with them will be but a repetition of the past with its misunderstandings, its riots, its tumults and its wars. We speak gravely. We are on the eve, if not already in the midst, of events that may cut out in the rocks of destiny a new road for our people. It is not our wish that we should enter on this new road with the British at variance with us. We are in a situation in which the decision as to the future is largely theirs.\n\nBut\n\nAs regards the blockade by Hongkong, we have to reiterate that whatever, subjectively, it was intended to compass, the general prohibition was interpreted as a financial and economic blockade of Canton and the rest of the province and that, objectively, it worked out in this sense, since Hongkong as the whole transhipment port in South China, was the only gateway through which supplies of food could then reach our people. This interpretation of the embargo is not affected by either its modification on August 11 or its removal on October 9. By these dates it appears to have been realised that the relief measures instituted by Canton for the importation of food from other centres had deprived the blockade of its effectiveness.\n\n13\n\nFinally, we have to welcome the expression of the British delegation's desire \"of seeing a happy, prosperous and independent China with whom they can conduct their trade,\" the more so because past and recent British action have not been calculated to inspire confidence in the possibility of reconciling what have hitherto been understood to be the aims of British policy in this country with Chinese Nationalist ideals and aspirations. But if we are to understand the British delegation's desire as an indication of future British policy in China, there is good reason to believe that its realisation will witness the establishment of relations with the British that shall secure to them the good will and friendliness of Nationalist China.\n\nNo. 7.\n\nSTATEMENT\n\nMADE BY THE\n\nBRITISH DELEGATION\n\nAT THE\n\nMEETING OF FRIDAY, THE 23rd July. 1926.\n\nThe British delegation do not propose to prepare any written reply to the statement on behalf of the Chinese delegation at the meeting of the 21st July. They refrain from doing so because they feel that it would involve further historical discussion which would at the present stage serve no useful purpose. They prefer to discuss verbally any actual proposals for the settlement of the boycott.\n\nNo. 8.\n\nFIRST CHINESE COMMUNIQUÉ,\n\n(EXTRACTED FROM THE CANTON GAZETTE OF TUESDAY, THE 20TH JULY, 1926.)\n\nThe conference for the settlement of Chinese-British disputes in the Liang-Kuang resumed its sittings yesterday morning at the Canton Foreign Office when the British delegation replied to the statement of the Chinese delegation on the origin of the anti-British boycott. The next sitting will be on Wednesday.",
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        "content_text": "I pressed the point that we were not dealing with China, but with the intolerable situation at Canton. There seemed to be a real chance of giving the push that would overthrow the Reds. To this it was objected that you cannot establish a friendly Government by force, and more important that we had no guarantee of the continuance of any new Government set up in Canton.\n\nThe Foreign Office are definitely opposed to a blockade both on political and military grounds, and they support their view by reference to the C.I.D. papers in O.8844 herewith, which point out military difficulties and throw doubt on the effectiveness of a blockade. I put the point that we could stop arms going in. Unfortunately the Foreign Office are satisfied that they cannot stop ships under neutral flags (the Russian flag included) without a declaration of a state of war. I quoted the Venezuelan precedent of some years ago, but Sir V. Wellesley was emphatic that in present conditions interference with American, Japanese, or Russian ships was out of the question. If this view is adopted by His Majesty's Government, then clearly it is useless to ask for a blockade. And the C.I.D.'s report that prior international agreement is essential to a blockade seems to bear the Foreign Office out. Such international agreement is most unlikely.\n\nThe Foreign Office views are embodied in a draft telegram to Pekin which they had already prepared for submission to the Prime Minister (Sir Austen Chamberlain is still away). I asked for further reference to the Admiralty and War Office. The Foreign Office agreed, but were unwilling to delay the telegram though they will add a paragraph that the Admiralty and War Office are being further consulted on the C.I.D.'s reports and will arrange a conference at which we will attend. It can do no harm to hear what Sir R. Macleay and Sir C. Clementi have to say on the Foreign Office objections, and I presume we may telegraph to Hong Kong to ask the Governor's observations on the Foreign Office telegram which will be repeated to him from Pekin as the quickest method.\n\nSir R. Macleay's alternative of lifting the arms embargo in favour of one side does not directly concern Hong Kong. In any case, it seems a very doubtful expedient.\n\nIt is very disappointing to see what looks like a chance slipping away, but if a blockade is not to be effective one can but agree that it would be worse than useless. You may wish to press for further consideration of the legal questions of international law involved when we get the replies from Hong Kong and Pekin.\n\nGG. 17delt. 26.\n\nPage 263",
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        "content_text": "106.\n\nParaphrase telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kong.\n\nSent 4:50 p.m., 29th January, 1926.\n\n471\n\nIn consultation with the Foreign Office, I have given careful consideration to the matter submitted to me in your telegram of the 19th of January.\n\nAmong the disadvantages of complying with the request of Admiral Tyrwhitt, are: -\n\n(1) Breach of our obligations in regard to Arms Embargo.\n\n(2) The moral effect which would be likely to be caused in Canton and elsewhere.\n\nWe very much wish to assist the Colony, but we feel that the disadvantages (particularly as it would be difficult for Li with one ship, to take effective action, and in view of the possibility that he might go over to the other side) are such as to outweigh the advantages of giving him the suggested assistance.\n\nAMERY.\n\nTo be repeated to the Foreign Office in terms of this.",
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        "content_text": "1/26.\n\nParaphrase telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies to the Governor of Hong Kong.\n\nSent 4:50 p.m., 29th January, 1926.\n\n475\n\n20 2\n\nXT...\n\n49 1970\n\npinatà, vha\n\n+\n\nIn consultation with the Foreign Office, I have given careful consideration to the matter submitted to me in your telegram of the 19th of January. Among the disadvantages of complying with the request of Admiral Li be:\n\n(1) Breach of our obligations in regard to Arms Embargo.\n\n(2) The moral effect which would be likely to be caused in Canton and elsewhere.\n\nWe very much wish to assist the Colony, but we feel that the disadvantages (particularly as it would be difficult for Li with one ship, to take effective action, and in view of the possibility that he might go over to the other side) are such as to outweigh the advantages of giving him the suggested assistance.\n\nAMERY.",
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        "content_text": "Was \n\nJ \n\nCommercially free \n\nor with, are \n\nII. \n\n1 \n\nIkat \n\ndrug \n\nallied \n\nto \n\nintended and for military purposes. \n\nGeneral policy. \n\nsurprised \n\nmuch weight to the difficulties \n\nSee minutes on 6616. \n\nthe F.O. appear to \n\n70 \n\nthe F.O. insistence for the disadvantages \n\nI6 \n\nat present suffered by British exporters of \n\narms and ammunition \n\nno \n\nonly \n\nSpurious \n\nKair \n\nargument \n\nnent (which \n\nthe with seems \n\nof British traders - who \n\nwhile \n\nalone \n\nM \n\nquili \n\nA \n\nreasonable \n\none) \n\nbut conveys \n\nthe \n\nmaintaining \n\nthe embargo strictly, \n\non our \n\ndisadvantage \n\nfirms. \n\nought \n\nconnection \n\nTo \n\nmy \n\nlib \n\nas compared with foreign \n\nwould \n\nIt is consideration \n\nconsequently disregarded \n\nvery \n\nsure \n\nBritish \n\nthat this \n\ninterests of \n\nBritish trade \n\nwith but be \n\n8378 \n\nIn which \n\nimpression that they \n\nconsiderations \n\nWe have \n\nArc \n\n(as assume) not \n\ntheir ground and external \n\nto bolster up their case. \n\nLow \n\nof HK tel. in 5636, \n\n62 \n\nCare \n\ncom Cur \n\nin amplification \n\ndap. from the for. \n\nJa \n\nreceived \n\nA \n\nserved by \n\nthe furtherance of any \n\nminuly \n\non 6616. \n\ndesigned \n\nto secure the continuation \n\ncivil \n\nwar \n\nin China, \n\nthe eradication of \n\nRussian \n\nand \n\nthe unification of \n\nChina \n\ninfluence \n\nThe \n\nCAC \n\nC \n\nstring \n\nand \n\nshould ask \n\nSam \n\nusefully \n\nByuti T \n\nfor us \n\nand friends Central Govt. \n\nonly question which we \n\n\" \n\nourselves is \n\nWhat measure \n\nbe taken to promote them \n\nThe \n\nworry \n\nsituation is for long various \n\nabout side issues such \n\nIn their Sesp. li Jiv R. \n\nplenty the F.O. Say fairly stable- \n\nseem to appreciate that \n\nof the F.O. formula depends entirely \n\nIch attached \n\ninterpretation \n\non the \n\nK the word \n\n\"stable\". \n\nIf strictly interpreted. the so-called modification of policy \n\nis \n\nlikely \n\nvali so for \n\nto become academic, at any as the immediate future is concerned: \n\ngiven \n\nA \n\nmodification is \n\nhave \n\nif \n\ngenuine interpretation\" the \n\nlikely \n\nk \n\nI am than a \n\nhandb \n\nwriting Khi good \n\ngenerally \n\nBut neither \n\nF.0. \n\nbuty \n\nthe value \n\nHK",
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        "content_text": "Page 23\n\nthe them East. at Peking, in making sure that the Gov. JHK may be informed of HM.9. It is kept fully informed of the aims and intentions of TI Sofs. I am glad to receive any information at the earliest possible date regarding the decision to repeal the existing King's Regulations and the necessary instructions. I am asking for a copy of letter 15. I would be glad if any King's Regulations be conveyed to me, and I ask in the meantime for an elucidation of the points under I. Cons. For HK.\n\nwith-Обра cuell k Fo seart L.F. rcf 8378. It appears necessary to Kay (Is Straits at this stage) Dong's Office to trace before action separately. I am to ask whether they will reply whether they are interested.\n\na para quâ Domy 1 Co. sho wish ngly als Ju Mr (Canton) they also are. 16 Palhetarbuck 24.426 40826'4. 26.4.44 I am an Sunny live here. Much delayed tury pressive funk. Shall was if Cleat with Séparaly. T me impleuell. add pare boto Buying Dosia sepuntely.\n\nCo Fins ask for for set of e Losers to Per Beckett Hel Mr. Emmano 18/5/26 C 8787 27 Hongkong Mr. je usops (Mr. Mr. E. J. Harding. Mr. Strachey. Sir J. Shuckburgh. Sir G. Grindie. Sir G. Davis, Sir S. Wilson. Mr. Ormsby-Gore. Earl of Clarendon. Mr. Amery.\n\nDRAFT. Gu, secret: + 9 Q. D. R 13 MAY D. 1 Comy, the MY 2314~.27. 30001/27 Copy & who enclls Sw. Secret / 5 JUN 1928 C 26 8788 read Copy 6787 and when sea's formste of this to you, rearet LF your hhbora.\n\n72 17 May | 26 aur to ack. the receipt of 20 afe letter of the No. Frogul 184/10, encly a copy of recent corted. with Hill Minister at Peking regarding the China Armo Embargo. to you,\n\n2. am to trausunt to be laid before See. Sir Austen Chamberlain the acc. derf. dated of a coop. copy of the 9 Mch 1946 from the Fw. of Hongkong question.\n\nPage 24",
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        "content_text": "Commercial exports to China are to be allowed to proceed.\n\nThere is also the further question whether any modification is to be made in the method of dealing with French aeroplanes which are certified, still being commercial. In practice, an aeroplane exported to China, whether a commercial or military type, is intended, furnished, for military use.\n\nI am directed by Mr. Secretary Amery to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 26th April, F.O.1093/164/10, enclosing a copy of recent correspondence with His Majesty's Minister at Peking regarding the China Arms embargo.\n\n2. I am to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain, the accompanying copy of a despatch dated the 9th March, 1926, from the Governor of Hong Kong on this question. Mr. Amery concurs generally in the views expressed by Governor Clementi, to whom a copy of your letter under acknowledgment will be forwarded under cover of a secret despatch. I am to ask that a set of the enclosures to that letter may be furnished for transmission to the Governor.\n\nPage 74\n\nI shall be glad to receive an elucidation of the above.\n\nI am to add that comments will be forthcoming from the Secretary of State on the subject.\n\n(Signed) G. GRINDLE,\n\nAssistant Secretary of State,\n\nForeign Office.\n\nDOM.ING STASHI,\n\nMay. 1926.\n\nXCR(85)72\n\n \nThe original response has been revised to be in HTML format as instructed, with proper paragraphing and without markdown or code fences. Minor corrections were made to the text for spelling and spacing. The original page numbering and signature block have been preserved.",
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        "content_text": "Page 1\n\naeroplanes, the present policy is to allow all such go through whether of a commercial type or not (see Foreign Office letter of the 19th June, 1925, G.R.76 2224/1/10). The question now arises whether it is still necessary to insist on the production of certificates in the case of aeroplanes other than French, or whether such certificates may be dispensed with, in which event all aeroplanes described as commercial by exporters could be allowed to proceed to China. There is also the further question whether any modification is to be made in the method of dealing with French aeroplanes which do not at present need to be described, still less certified, as commercial.\n\nIn practice, all aeroplanes exported to China, whether of a commercial type or not, are intended, and are used, for military purposes. Pending a revision of the China Arms Embargo policy, Mr. Amery would be glad to receive an elucidation of the above-mentioned points.\n\n5. I am to add that a separate communication on the subject will be sent from the Dominions Office.\n\nI am,\n\nSir,\n\nYour most obedient servant,\n\n(Signed) G. GRINDLE,\n\nPage 1",
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        "content_text": "Telegram from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, to the Governors General of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, the Union of South Africa, and the Officer Administering the Government of Newfoundland.\n\nSent 5:15 p.m. 6th May, 1926.\n\n6th May, 1926.\n\nBy telegram of 20th April.\n\nFor some time now it has been becoming increasingly obvious that the original China Arms Embargo based upon the agreement of 1919 was out of date. Recent events in China have confirmed His Majesty's Government in this belief.\n\nThe only powers who have made any real effort to observe it have been the United States of America, Great Britain, and perhaps Japan. In the circumstances, His Majesty's Government does not feel justified in maintaining indefinitely a handicap on British firms to the profit of their competitors.\n\nThe present position is that 1. His Majesty's Government have definitely decided that they do not regard commercial aircraft as coming within the scope of the embargo, and 2. His Majesty's Government are now awaiting a suitable opportunity to withdraw from the 1919 embargo agreement and to repeal the King's Regulations in China.\n\nThey propose that instead the regulation of the arms traffic should be left to the Chinese Government through their own import restrictions, which will be made binding on British subjects; and further that the export of arms from this country should be licensed to the Chinese Government and its nominees only.\n\nNo definite step has, however, yet been taken towards this end. The observations of His Majesty's Minister in Peking are still being awaited, and further delays are anticipated out of the definite...",
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        "content_text": "In any further communication \non this subject, please quote \nNo. F1093/184/10 \nand address- \nnot to any person by name, \nbut to- \nThe Under-Secretary of State,\" \nForeign Office, \nLondon, S.W.1.\n\nPage 1\n\nSir,\n\nConfidential.\n\n(C. 6707)\n\n22926\n\n20th April, 1926.\n\nWith reference to Foreign Office letter No. \nF1025/184/10 of March 18th I am directed by Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain to transmit a copy of recent correspondence with His Majesty's Minister at Peking regarding the China Arms Embargo.\n\n2. \nIt will be observed from paragraph 5 of the despatch to Sir R. Macleay enclosed herein that the attempt to include aircraft within the scope of the Embargo has now definitely been abandoned owing to the attitude of the other Powers \nconcerned. As it seems unreasonable to handicap British firms in this respect, definite instructions have now been sent to Sir R. Macleay that aeroplanes for commercial purposes do not come within the scope of the 1919 Embargo of the King's Regulations, which control the arms traffic by British \nsubjects in China. It should be borne in mind, however, that \nthe import of all aircraft is prohibited by the Chinese Government except under special licence, for which British firms should take care to apply.\n\n3. \nIt will also be observed that a further modification of our embargo policy is contemplated in order to enable British firms to compete with foreigners in supplying arms to a future stable and friendly Chinese Government for legitimate requirements of defence. The steps to be taken towards this modification are considered in the Foreign Office despatch to Peking enclosed herein; and Sir Austen Chamberlain would \nbe\n\nPage 101\n\nThe Under Secretary of State, \nColonial Office.",
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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nCHINA.\n\n81\n\n[March 16, 1926.]\n\nSECTION 7.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[F1093/184/10]\n\n(No 47.) Sir,\n\nNo. 1.\n\nSir R. Macleay to Sir Austen Chamberlain.—(Received March 16.)\n\nPeking, January 19, 1926. IN reply to your despatch No. 831, Confidential, of the 23rd September, I have the honour to submit the following observations on the questions of policy in connection with the arms embargo raised in the papers enclosed therein:—\n\n2. The situation in China has of course undergone a change since the date of Mr. Ashton-Gwatkin's memorandum of the 7th September last, and we can for the moment no longer say that \"in every part of China two parties are facing each other, which may be characterised as (1) a pro-Soviet party bitterly opposed to us, and (2) an anti-Soviet party which is disposed to be friendly\"; nor that we are fighting for our lives in China, and it seems unfair that we should hand our enemy a deadly weapon while we ourselves remain deliberately unarmed.\" Since the above words were written some of the armies and military groups have dissolved into new formations, thus furthering a general disintegration; while the military faction representing in the north the party No. (1) above referred to, having secured the momentary discomfiture of party No. (2), is professing to hold out the hand of friendship to us, and to be anxious to let bygones be bygones. It remains to be seen what these professions of friendship may be worth. But, in the meantime, such considerations as existed last summer in favour of our departure from our policy of strict neutrality have lost their force. This policy seems, indeed, to have been more than ever justified by the events of the past two months, and to be more than ever applicable to the present situation with its obscure outlook for the future. Moreover, the best Chinese public opinion is becoming increasingly strong against the importation of arms (see, for instance, the views on the subject expressed by General Huang Fu, as reported in my despatch No. 16 of the 5th January); while, as long as we adhere to our present arms embargo policy, we can at any rate refute absolutely and entirely, as far as we ourselves are concerned, the charge so often levied nowadays by the students and intellectuals against the foreigner, that he promotes the evil of militarism by importing arms into China. For the above reasons I do not consider, on broad grounds of general policy, that any departure from our present attitude towards the arms embargo is for the moment desirable; and I would go as far as to say that the effect at the present juncture of anything like a public withdrawal by His Majesty's Government from the embargo would be deplorable.\n\n3. The situation has also been to some extent altered by the action of the Chinese Government in announcing, in the mandate of the 2nd September last, their intention to issue no more permits for the importation of arms. It is possible that this declaration of policy may well prove to be meaningless except on paper, and that there may be political objectives behind the move in the sense of affording certain favoured militarists the opportunity of evading the prohibition. But, taking it at its face value, it seems to provide an opportunity for continuing the arms embargo with the nominal approval and co-operation of the Chinese Government, a factor which would provide a solid logical basis for the embargo policy which has hitherto been lacking. It is true that, arms and ammunition being in any case under treaty prohibited imports except to the order of the Central Government, the declared intention of the latter to discontinue importation would on the face of it render any embargo arrangements, including our own legislation on the subject, superfluous. But the necessity of such arrangements would, of course, in actual fact remain owing to the lack of effective control by the Chinese Central Government over distant provincial centres and their semi-independent military authorities, who, as, for instance, in the case of those in Manchuria and Kwangtung, are able to compel the local Customs to respect their provincial huchaos, and who can thus, in spite of any well-meant professions on the part of the Central Government, only be prevented from obtaining arms from abroad by a self-denying arrangement on the part of the Powers. It is admitted that the Chinese Government may at any moment revoke the mandate of the 2nd September. But \"face\" counts, as we know, for much in this country, and it is possible that the Chinese may in time find themselves so bound by\n\n[1226 q-7]",
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        "content_text": "the force of public opinion to the policy of non-importation of arms as to make it difficult for them to recede openly therefrom. If, in spite of public opinion, the Chinese Government do revoke this mandate, we could again consider, in the light of the circumstances of the moment, the suggestion put forward by Mr. Teichman that we should abandon the embargo as far as the Central Government are concerned, that is to say, maintaining it in all cases except where it could be shown that a huchao for the import into China of the arms in question had or would be issued by the Central Government or with the latter's approval. We should in that case be able to fall back on the Geneva Arms Convention, if it were by that time generally accepted and ratified by all concerned. I presume that your despatch No. 799 of the 9th September, forwarding copy of the above convention for my observations, is superseded by your later despatch No. 831 now under reply, and I do not therefore propose to address you a separate despatch commenting thereon. It seems, indeed, that the enforcement of this instrument would produce a very similar situation, as far as China is concerned, to that resulting from the existing arms embargo understanding, that is to say, whatever legislation we ourselves might enact to give effect to article 30 of the convention, the nationals of other Powers enjoying extra-territorial rights in China would probably not be prevented by their own authorities from dealing in arms in China to the order of independent provincial military authorities.\n\n4. Having dealt thus far with the main question, viz., the continuance or otherwise of our arms embargo policy, I come to the subsidiary issues of what, if any, modifications in the actual enforcement of that policy on British subjects are called for. The first step in this connection, and one which should, I think, undoubtedly be taken, would be to remove aircraft definitely from the scope of the embargo agreement, as suggested by Mr. Teichman. The Chinese Government have themselves for years actually included aeroplanes in the list of articles the import of which is prohibited (except to the order of the Government) on the ground that they are classed as military supplies; this arrangement continues in force, but is represented as a temporary restriction, pending the promulgation of new regulations on the subject. As a corollary, therefore, to the exclusion of aircraft from the embargo, the Chinese Government should logically be pressed to remove aeroplanes from the list of prohibited imports. We need, however, scarcely give further consideration for the moment to this aspect of the question, which may perhaps be left to other Powers at present more interested in the Chinese aeroplane trade to raise; for there appears, indeed, to be little prospect under existing conditions in China of any real development of the trade in aircraft except for Government, i.e., military purposes.\n\nI further concur in the view that British interests should be given no encouragement to sell aeroplanes to the Chinese Government except on the safest terms, that no support should be given to any monopoly claims based on old contracts, and that enquirers should be warned that the sale of aircraft to the Chinese for military purposes is against the policy of His Majesty's Government, and that the latter may decline to render any assistance in recovering debts for the cost of any aeroplanes sold to the Chinese Government which might subsequently be used for military purposes.\n\n5. The next point claiming attention is the alleged disadvantage under which British firms are placed by our King's Regulations as compared with the merchants of other nationalities whose legislative systems do not provide as ready a means of enacting local legislation as we possess. This complaint of the British traders concerned, namely, that their hands are tied by an international arrangement which is effectively carried out in China by Great Britain alone, has frequently been mentioned in past correspondence on the subject. It is of course perfectly true that the other Powers concerned mainly confine themselves, in carrying out their embargo obligations, to the control of the export of arms from their countries to China as opposed to the import into, and trade in, China, and, further, that large quantities of Italian arms imported or contracted for prior to the date of the embargo agreement have been since from time to time disposed of to Chinese militarists. But, except in so far as concerns the point which raises a nationals of countries not parties to the embargo agreement, a different issue dealt with later on in this despatch, I am not convinced that these complaints of discriminatory treatment are really well founded; and, in any case, if the trade is considered a bad, and even an immoral, one, in existing conditions in China, it seems difficult to justify any relaxation of our restrictions on British subjects from engaging therein. If, however, the grievance is considered a real one which must be dealt with, the remedy is simple, namely, to withdraw our King's Regulations altogether and to carry out our arms embargo policy in the future by means of the control of exports alone in the manner suggested in Mr. Teichman's letter. Even in that case we should not, of course, be entirely without means of controlling the trade in China, more especially while the Chinese mandate of the 2nd September remains in force, since with that mandate in existence any import of arms by British subjects would appear to constitute theoretically an offence under article 74 (ii) of the new consolidated Order in Council. A legal conundrum of some complexity might then arise, namely, whether or not an offence against the Order had been committed if, for instance, with the mandate in force and after the withdrawal of our King's Regulations, a British subject were to import arms, say, into Manchuria, openly through the customs, on the strength of a provincial huchao, issued without reference to, and even against the mandate of, the Central Government, but recognised by the local customs officials.\n\n6. On the whole, however, I am inclined, after further mature consideration of the problems at issue since the date of my telegram No. 492 of the 17th November, to recommend, for the reasons set forth in the above paragraphs, that we should not withdraw our King's Regulations, but that we should alternatively replace them by new regulations on the lines of those submitted in my despatch No. 610 of the 1st September, with the modification of the deletion of article 18 of the schedule, namely, aeroplanes and component parts thereof. This should do something to remove existing grievances of British interests concerned directly, and indirectly through the supply of materials in the trade, both by the exclusion of aircraft from the scope of our prohibitionary legislation and by the more exact definition of the term \"munitions of war\" referred to therein.\n\n7. With regard to the problem of the supply of arms from countries not parties to the embargo agreement, I feel that you, sir, are in a better position than I am to judge whether any useful purpose would be served by inviting the Governments of such countries, and more especially Russia, to adhere to the embargo. It is needless to say that such adherence is very desirable from every point of view; but, more especially in view of the issue of the mandate of the 2nd September, any invitation or request to the Powers in question to restrain their nationals from exporting arms to parts of China not under the control of the Chinese Government should, I presume, more properly come from the Chinese Government.\n\n8. As regards the question of the Canton arms trade and with reference to the suggestion made by his Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong that, if the Central Government in Peking were to prohibit the importation of munitions except to their own nominees (as they have in theory already done by the issue of their mandate of the 2nd September), His Majesty's Government should then co-operate with them to stop Russian ships at the mouth of the Canton River, and, further, should supply munitions to those anti-Bolshevik groups which are anxious to overthrow the present Government at Canton, I am of opinion that the course proposed might prove dangerous, and I concur in the views expressed by His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires in his telegram No. 420 of the 24th September that we should leave the Chinese moderates to deal themselves with Bolshevism at Canton and elsewhere, unless and until a Central Government is established of a more representative character and capable of offering greater guarantees of stability than the present one and its predecessors, which might invite our active co-operation in preventing supplies of arms and ammunition from reaching independent \"Red\" factions, or until the authority of such a Central Government is definitely challenged by the open rebellion of areas or provinces which may have fallen completely under Bolshevik control, when our policy of non-intervention might have to be reconsidered.\n\nI have, &c.\n\nR. 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        "content_text": "[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]\n\nCHINA.\n\nCONFIDENTIAL.\n\n[F1093/184/10]\n\nNo. 1.\n\n83\n\n[April 13, 1926.]\n\nSECTION 1.\n\n(No. 267.) Sir,\n\nSir Austen Chamberlain to Sir R. Macleay (Peking).\n\nForeign Office, April 13, 1926.\n\nI HAVE given careful consideration to your despatch No. 47 of the 19th January on the subject of the China arms embargo. Your telegram No. 86 of the 3rd March has, however, already somewhat modified the views expressed in your despatch, and that in a direction which I have myself been considering (see Foreign Office telegrams Nos. 81, 85 and 92), viz., towards a relaxation of the embargo calculated to enable British firms to compete with foreigners in supplying arms to a future stable and friendly Chinese Government for legitimate requirements of defence.\n\n2. I have also considered your telegrams Nos. 98 and 99, and am inclined to agree that reference of the question to the Extra-territoriality Commission and the drafting of a convention on the subject are hardly necessary, since the Chinese law prohibiting the import of arms is already binding on British subjects under article 74 (3) of the Order in Council.\n\n3. Meanwhile I presume that, in accordance with your telegram No. 86, a verbal message has been conveyed to Marshal Wu Pei-fu intimating that we have some such modification in view. We must, therefore, be quite clear what steps we intend to take if and when Marshal Wu himself or the Peking Government approach us again on the subject. In this event, when it is quite clear that the psychological moment has arrived and that a fairly stable Government is in power, we will proceed to replace the arms embargo by a policy of applying to British subjects the Chinese law prohibiting the import of arms and ammunition. In such a case our action will be-\n\n(a) To repeal the present King's Regulations.\n\n(b) To issue a statement to the Chinese Government and to the other Powers concerned that we propose to modify our position under the arms embargo, giving the reasons for this change in our policy.\n\n(c) To maintain export regulations in the United Kingdom (and to recommend their continuance in the British dominions), sanctioning only such consignments of munitions as have permits from the Central Government for importation into China, but not such as have merely provincial permits.\n\n4. The difficult question of our attitude towards independent provinces will then have to be decided, but this will naturally depend upon the circumstances prevailing at that time.\n\n5. In the meantime, the hardships from which British merchants are suffering, to which I consider that more importance should be attached than is indicated in your despatch, might be mitigated by a less rigid application of the present King's Regulations, especially in the matter of aeroplanes for commercial purposes, which I do not regard as coming within the scope of the 1919 embargo or the King's Regulations. I am indicating this interpretation to the other departments concerned, warning them that, whereas we are no longer attempting to regard such aeroplanes as munitions within the scope of the embargo, yet their importation is prohibited by the Chinese Government except under special licences, for which British firms should take care to apply.\n\n6. In paragraph 5 of your despatch you suggest that legal complications might arise in the case of provincial permits being issued without reference to, or even against, the mandate of the Central Government. As indicated above, I would be disinclined, at any rate at first, to recognise the validity of any permits except those issued by the Central Government. The legal question as to whether the courts would recognise the validity of provincial permits is at the moment a purely hypothetical one, but the answer to it would depend on the interpretation which, in the circumstances existing when it arose, the court gave to the word \"law,\" and this would\n\n[1254 n-1]\n\n6464",
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        "content_text": "presumably depend on the then relations between the Central and Provincial Governments.\n\n7. There is a further suggestion which I am disposed to favour in this attempt to disentangle ourselves from a policy which has hitherto worked somewhat unfairly against us and too much in favour of our economic competitors and actual enemies in China. This suggestion is that the change in our policy with regard to the arms embargo might perhaps be raised in connection with the revision of the list of prohibited imports (arms and ammunition), which, I understand, is still intermittently under discussion at Peking. Many difficulties have arisen from time to time owing to the indefinite nature of the terms \"arms, ammunition and munitions of war\" used in rule 3 annexed to the Chinese import tariff, and to the practice of the Chinese Government of introducing (entirely at their own discretion) various articles, e.g., acids, chlorate of potash, &c., used mainly for industrial purposes, into the list of prohibited articles issued by the Chinese Maritime Customs. If there is any question of making a Chinese law against the importation of \"arms\" binding on British subjects, it will be necessary to know quite clearly what articles are included under that term. If, therefore, the King's Regulations are withdrawn—and I am inclined to favour this course at a suitable opportunity—any suggestion to make the Chinese law on the subject binding on British subjects should be contingent on the issue by the Chinese Government of a revised list of prohibited imports acceptable to the foreign Powers. I should be glad to receive your observations on this point, and especially to learn whether, if the revised list proved acceptable to us, we could proceed thereupon to apply it to British subjects in the manner suggested above, or whether we should have to wait until all the other treaty Powers had concurred in its acceptability.\n\nI am, &c.\n\nAUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.\n\nFROM\n\n1926\n\nHONG KONG\n\nForeign Office\n\nF.1bas/10/10\n\nBOR CIRCULATION :\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nMr.\n\nAsst. U.S. of S.\n\nPerm U.S. of S.\n\nParb U.S. of S.\n\nSecretary of State.\n\nPrevious Paper\n\nFO 9293\n\nDATE\n\n28th April.\n\nXCR(84)C. 9294\n\n30 APR 1925\n\nChina Tariff Conference Situation in China.\n\ncopy set to Peking.\n\nMINUTES\n\nMr. Clutterbuck 30/4\n\nM. Beckett Mr Ellis 30\n\n...\n\nSir G. Grindle Sis. Wilson 75\n\nder Clutter back.\n\nSubsequent Paper\n\nFO. 9295\n\nWt. 14587/35 48 11,25 Harrow E.2532",
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        "document_key": "CO129-501-8 General policy in China 30-11-1926 - 30-11-1926",
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        "content_text": "## 13\n\n55 \n\nmaintain itself in Kuang-tung against its enemies and to suppress piracy and brigandage. It cannot be done, because of the arms embargo. The Canton Government wishes to revise its customs tariff and abolish likin. It cannot be done, because **His Majesty's Government** will only negotiate with the Government of a reunified China. But the geographical propinquity of Hong Kong to Canton positively demands that special diplomatic arrangements should be made for facilitating administrative and commercial relations between these two populous centres, from each of which there is a daily ebb and flow of many thousands of persons to the other. Goodwill is not lacking at present either in Hong Kong or at Canton, and I submit that it is now the highest time to devise means whereby the Hong Kong Government may negotiate with the Canton Government, irrespective of the other regional authorities in China, an agreement which will be helpful both to the Colony and to the Province and will make possible a renewal of real friendship between the two Governments.\n\n## 17\n\nChinese characters for names in this despatch are given on a separate sheet.\n\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour most obedient, humble servant,\n\n**Governor, &c.**",
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        "title": "CO129-502-8 China- general situation 27-4-1927 - 15-9-1927",
        "content_text": "I am concerned about the situation in Hankow.\n\nFor your information, on 27 April, the Cabinet conclusions (No. 1) raised the old issue of Withdrawal from the China Arms Embargo Art., and the abandonment of neutrality, which is being dealt with separately.\n\n## Telegram No. 326 \ndated 26 April\n\n## Extract from Cabinet conclusions 28 (27) 27 April\nNo. 1, which raises the issue mentioned above.\n\nTelegram No. 213 shows that opinion is leaning in the direction of the reoccupation of the Hankow concession, which has now been approved in principle by the Cabinet, subject to a favourable reply being received from Sir M. Lampson.\n\n## Telegram No. 2 \nshows some unease.\n\n## Statement \nThe HankowEvt. is on the verge of falling into chaos. The despatch of a force is justified by fear of chaos & anarchy. However, there is much to be said for letting the Chinese take charge of their own course, which would involve evacuation, even if His Majesty's Government has a preference to taking any action that would give the appearance of supporting our nationals.\n\nLaving engineered the downfall of the existing order, and unless the concession can be held during the period of low water as well as during the summer, the despatch of troops may give rise to... \n\nIt is stated that the concession can be justified by fear of chaos & anarchy. But it is also said that letting the Chinese take charge of their own course would involve evacuation. His Majesty's Government would be reluctant to take any action that would give the appearance of supporting our nationals, such as the despatch of troops, which would...",
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        "content_text": "## 121 \n\n2 \n\nAffairs, in which the latter, in reply to Sir J. Tilley's statement of our desire to co-operate with Japan, had replied that, \"although an alliance no longer existed, the spirit of it did, and he hoped by frank conversations to keep it in force.\"\n\nIn this connection the Cabinet agreed-\n\n**(a.)** To take note, with approval of the proposal of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to reciprocate the views of the new Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs as reported in Sir J. Tilley's telegram No. 216, that, although an alliance no longer existed, the spirit of it did.” \n\n(`Cabinet 30 (27)`, Conclusion 1 (a).)\n\n4. The Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee met on the 5th May to consider the memorandum by the Foreign Office and the terms of reference mentioned in paragraph 2 above, and submitted a report (`C.I.D. Paper No. 798-B`) containing draft instructions to the Naval Commander-in-Chief.\n\n5. In this report (`C.I.D. Paper No. 798-B`) the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee also dealt with the reference, quoted in paragraph 2 (b) (ii) above, in regard to Chinkiang, and reported that they concurred in the views expressed by the Naval Commander-in-Chief, the General Officer Commanding Shanghai Defence Force and the Consul-General, Shanghai, and were unable to recommend any military measure at Chinkiang at present.\"\n\n6. At this meeting on the 5th May, the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee also considered a joint memorandum by the Foreign Office and Colonial Office on the question of defending Wei-hai-Wei, and agreed that this question should be considered in the first instance by the Oversea Defence Committee.\n\n7. The report of the Chiefs of Staff Sub-Committee referred to in paragraph 4 above was considered by the Cabinet at a meeting held on the 11th May, when in reply to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Lord Beatty agreed that there would be no objection, if the Cabinet so desired, to the insertion of words in the instructions to the Naval Commander-in-Chief to make it clear that punitive action taken in regard to outrages which endangered British property, but not British lives, should only be taken after reference to, and sanction by, His Majesty's Government. He emphasised, however, the importance of not fettering more than was absolutely necessary the discretion of the Naval Commander-in-Chief, who had up to now shown the greatest circumspection.\n\nThe Cabinet agreed :— \n\n**(a.)** To approve generally the Fifth Report by the Chiefs of Staff on sanctions in China (`C.I.D. Paper No. 798-B`), subject to amendment of the draft instructions to the Naval Commander-in-Chief with the object of making clear the circumstances in which the prior sanctions of His Majesty's Government should be obtained before taking punitive action.\n\n**(b.)** That the First Lord of the Admiralty, in consultation with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, should draw up telegraphic instructions to the Naval Commander-in-Chief based on the Fifth Report of the Chiefs of Staff, amended as above, and that the telegram should be repeated to the British Minister at Peking.\n\n(`Cabinet 31 (27)`, Conclusion 1.)\n\n8. The Cabinet again met on the 19th May, and considered various questions affecting the situation in China-\n\n**(1.)** With regard to facilities for the supply of Arms to Chinese authorities, the Cabinet agreed:- \n\n**(a.)** As regards the arms embargo, that the policy of neutrality among the various contending factors in China should be adhered to, and that no facilities in the matter of arms should be given to the Cantonese General, Li-Chai-Sun.\n\n(`Cabinet 32 (27)`, Conclusion 4.)\n\n**(ii)** With regard to the Retention of Shipping in the Far East the Cabinet were informed that the China (Military Details) Committee had decided on the 28th February, that sufficient troopships should be kept between Hong Kong and Shanghai to enable a Brigade to be on the water simultaneously at short notice and at the minimum expense. Under this decision three ships were at present retained. The five transports conveying the 15th Brigade were now arriving at Hong Kong, and the Secretary of State for War proposed that these should be dispensed with as soon as the troops were landed. To retain them in the Far East would cost approximately £1,400 a day. The 15th Brigade might not have to move from Hong Kong, and if a move became necessary it could be carried out by the ships already retained.\n\nThe Cabinet authorised the Secretary of State for War to continue to act on the decision of the China (Military Details) Committee referred to above.” \n\n(`Cabinet 32 (27)`, Conclusion 5.)\n\n**(iii)** In connection with the subject dealt with in sub-paragraph (ii) above, the Cabinet were informed that, if there were any question of returning the Indian Mixed Brigade to India, a saving of perhaps £100,000 would be effected by sending it back in the ships which had brought the 15th Brigade to Hong Kong, The Cabinet were reminded that considerable expense was involved in the retention of the Indian Mixed Brigade.\n\nThe Cabinet agreed-\n\n\"That until the situation in China became clearer than at present it would be unsafe to dispense with the presence of the Indian Mixed Brigade of the Shanghai Defence Force.\"\n\n(`Cabinet 32 (27)`, Conclusion 6.)\n\n9. At a meeting held on the 25th May the attention of the Cabinet was again drawn to the financial aspects of the retention of the Indian Mixed Brigade of the Shanghai Defence Force. It was pointed out that in the case of the British portion of that Force the cost, apart from incidental expenses, was only the difference of maintaining men in Shanghai instead of at their normal stations. In the case of the Indian Mixed Brigade, however, the whole burden fell upon the British taxpayer and their cost was three or four times as great as that of the British troops.\n\nThe Cabinet agreed-\n\n**(a.)** That three of the ships which had brought to the Far East the last British Brigade of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force and had not yet started their homeward voyage should be retained at Hong Kong for a week, or, if necessary, longer, in case the rapidly changing events in China should render possible the withdrawal of the Indian Mixed Brigade.\n\n**(b.)** That the Cabinet Committee on China should meet before the next meeting of the Cabinet to consider (in consultation with the Chiefs of Staff as required) the following points :- \n\n**(i.)** The possible withdrawal of the Indian Mixed Brigade.\n\n**(ii.)** The effect of recent developments in the Government's policy in regard to Peking and Tientsin.\"\n\n(`Cabinet 34 (27)`, Conclusion 2.)\n\n10. The Cabinet Committee on China met on the 26th May, when the Chiefs of Staff were also present, to consider the terms of reference quoted at the end of the previous paragraph.\n\n**(i.)** With regard to \"The effect of recent developments on the Government's policy in regard to Peking and Tientsin,\" the Committee took into consideration-\n\n**(a.)** Sir Miles Lampson's telegrams Nos. 18 and 20 of the 25th May,* in which he pointed out that the question of ...\n\n## 122",
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        "content_text": "# DECYPHER TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies\n\n(Dated 27th April, 1927.)\n\n(Received Colonial Office 9.29 a.m. 27th April, 1927.)\n\n2356\n\n## END\n\nAddressed to Secretary of State for the Colonies repeated to Peking No. 33 and Canton.\n\nArms embargo. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6 of my despatch secret 28th June 1926. Brenan informs me that General Li Chai-sum is now dictator at Canton.\n\nSentor sent for Commander Fitzgibbon, Senior Naval Officer West River on 25th April and asked for assistance in obtaining rifle and other ammunition. Li Chai-sum said that Russian supply was cut off and he needed renewal of his stocks to deal with red anunter attack. Brenan agreed with me that arms embargo has merely operated to help Chinese who rely on Russia and hamper their opponents. He considers that if Communism is to be fought in China the Chinese themselves must do it and that we should be extremely foolish to handicap men who are trying to do it; also that if we assist Li Chai-sum we shall have the same hold over him as the Russians had over his predecessors.\n\nI have consulted Southern and Hallifax. They consider that if Li Chai-sum will publicly declare his intention to suppress all anti-foreign and particularly anti-British manifestations in territory he controls and further that he will respect foreign treaty rights pending negotiation of revised treaties in proper form and also that he will suppress piracy and brigandage notably that emanating from Bias Bay then we should relax arms embargo which has mainly been shown to work against our interests.\n\nIf Li Chai-sum makes such a declaration and gives proof of his sincerity it would clearly be undesirable to enforce it in Kwangtung. My sanction in respect of `Manking outros`...",
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        "content_text": "## \nThe question of providing assistance for the anti-Bolsheviks in China is one which keeps on cropping up. Lately such appeals have been confined to the Northerners, but in the early days of the boycott Hong Kong was bristling with schemes for assisting the moderate elements in Kwangtung. An effort was made to assist Admiral Li Ching.\n\nThe Foreign Office policy throughout has been \"No interference. Give the Bolsheviks sufficient rope and they will hang themselves.\" Hence all requests of this nature have been consistently turned down. The present proposal, like its predecessors, raises two issues of major importance:- \n(1) Withdrawal from the Arms Embargo Agreement.\n(2) Departure from our policy of neutrality.\n\nThere is a lot to be said for (1) which has been advocated by Hong Kong for some time. The object of the embargo was to prevent China from being flooded with arms and to bring about an end of the civil war from mere lack of munitions. This object has not yet been realised. The Nationalist Government has succeeded in obtaining a steady supply of arms from Russia, while their opponents have discovered Powers less scrupulous than ours in fulfilling their obligations and have had comparatively little difficulty in obtaining supplies from European sources. So far, therefore, from bringing the civil war to an end, the only achievement of the embargo has been to place obstacles in the way of the anti-Bolsheviks in their resistance to the Russian-directed campaign. On the other hand, it has to be remembered that our policy of standing by the agreement has prevented us from becoming identified with any particular party or individual in China, and has also saved us from falling into the trap of supplying...",
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        "content_text": "## The Withdrawal from the China Arms Embargo Agreement\n\narms to Chinese factions only to find them used later against ourselves.\n\nThe Hong Kong case for withdrawal from the Agreement was forcibly put by Sir C. Clementi in his despatch of the 28th June 1926 (`15074/26`) and some idea of the present traffic in arms can be obtained from the Admiralty statistics contained in `21248/26`.\n\nThe Foreign Office a year ago indicated that in the event of a fairly stable Central Government being established in China, they would be prepared to withdraw from the Agreement and to allow British firms to export arms to Chinese authorities empowered by the Central Government to receive them. Further than this they have been unwilling to go, though they stated in January that they were collating information with a view to deciding whether departure from their present policy was justified (`30005/27`). They have recently been in correspondence with Sir M. Lampson who has been pressing them to allow Vickers to export aeroplanes to Chang-Tso-Lin. The present proposal is therefore opportune in that it may serve to force the issue.\n\n### \n\nThe Withdrawal from the China Arms Embargo Agreement would not, however, be enough for Sir C. Clementi's purposes, since withdrawal would merely mean that British firms could enter into contracts for the supply of arms to Chinese authorities and it would doubtless be some time before such contracts could be made and fulfilled. To bolster up the moderates in Canton, assistance must be provided without delay, and the only method to avoid delay is to authorise supplies direct from Government sources.\n\nThis Sir C. Clementi recommends.\n\nIt",
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        "content_text": "# \nIt will be appreciated that any policy of providing direct Government assistance raises much larger issues than those involved in withdrawal from the Embargo Agreement. It would obviously be impossible for us to supply arms to any authority in China who asked for them, whatever their political complexion or degree of stability; hence we should have to restrict supply to those whom we regard as our friends. We should, therefore, have to abandon our established policy of neutrality towards the contending factions, and would have to justify ourselves in direct interference in Chinese affairs. \n\nIt is true that Japan has, from time to time, given direct or indirect assistance to Chang-Tso-Lin, while the French in addition to subsidising the Governor of Yunnan are believed to have given material assistance to the Northerners; special considerations exist in both these cases, and it seems doubtful whether it would be wise for us to abandon in the present fluctuating situation our much vaunted attitude of neutrality and to swop horses in mid stream.\n\nI suggest that we should now discuss these proposals with the Foreign Office with a view to ascertaining what Sir M. Lampson's and My Brenn's views are, and what likelihood there is of the Foreign Office being prepared to back them.\n\n... \nI do not ... the Home Government actually recommends direct supply & ... to Lichfield by 11.1.29 ... to Lord Hundt Stud, mature ... naturally to ... on intumediary ... \n... be glad to have an indication...",
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        "content_text": "## M. Mounsey \nwill come over to us at 3.30 on Friday.\n\nM. Becket now distributing copies of 1 and 2 to F.O., Admy., W.O., A/M., C.I.D., Jec., LFF., abs. D.M.O. and arrange meeting with Mr. Atkinson for Friday afternoon if possible.\n\n## Public Back \n4/5 L-Ellis lose on 4/5 alomm 9 Mounsey \n\nCopies 182 For Ik Fel \n\nJadmy. A/M11 C.I.D. Decol. 4 May 27. FF. (similar to Macao) 6 May\n\nWe discussed with Mr. Mounsey yesterday morning. Little progress was made, since the Foreign Office are firm in adhering \n1. to the China Arms Embargo Agreement, \n2. to their policy of neutrality towards the contending factions.\n\nAs regards 1, they now have the active support of the Service Departments, who wish to avoid all risk of arms being used against the Defence Force. In these circumstances the only hope lies in persuading the Foreign Office that the Governor's proposal need not imply a reversal of policy. I have endeavoured to make out a case in the accompanying draft.",
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        "content_text": "No wik doubtles come before the Cabinet at their meeting on Wednesday. Re: 18? \n\nAnd in the meantime the FO do not propose to go on giving appear as Ading aroos by suns to me Just of. May reply to our leto. While lot dismissing the argument that the adoption of the Gov's proposal hurfified form recommended a terssal need in the 42 2 imply FO seem inclined. If policy, FO seem N Klake Kiline kat Li Chai-sum's application cannot be distinguished from those made and they in China, olle individuals probably attempt to divert the discussion from his particular proposal to the general questions of (1) Mollina Arms Embargo Agreement (2) our akitude of neutrality in China.\n\nFO with I gather prepare a memo. on which comment before the meeting. Itat had not in these cires. further intiim reply to Jend Sir C. Clementi a unless he presses.\n\nTalmersuck 13/5- \n\n12 2 May \n\nSince writing the above I have received Iche which shows that Admy ILE alid. Support M. Brenan and inkat extent M arc also against J.9 14.5.\n\n7 FO PAlbutobuck 13/5- \n\n[P.T.O]",
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        "content_text": "## \nIn China was considered highly important as it was consequently decided 15 can all French aeroplanes through, but in the absence of applications from other Powers no similar concession has been extended to them.\n\nadmittedly In the present instance material for military aeroplanes and the sand is We have to ask ourselves two questions \n\n(1) Is it wise to allow the supply? \n(2) Can we do so under the 1908 China Arms Embargo Agreement? \n\nAs regards (2) we have the French precedent though it was given in under pressure \n\n1 The French may object that we are not taking a strict view of our obligations. But the recent supply of Vickers aeroplanes to Chang Tso lin's forces should suffice to dispose of these objections - see para 9 of Co letter of 11 May, + top of page 2 of Fo Cabinet memo. (14) \n\nAs to (1) apart from the normal arguments it is regarded as likely that such action might be taken as a breach of neutrality, which might also be made of the Vickers case, on the grounds of quotation than is the common that the aeroplanes might be used against us. \n\nIn the long run I doubt whether...",
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        "content_text": "# 30154/27/14\n\nThis Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\n**RECEIVED**\n\n**CHINA.**\n\n**CONFIDENTIAL.**\n\n`[F 6077/36/10]`\n\n}24 AUG 1927\n\n**COL. OFFICE**\n\nNo. 1.\n\n[July 8, 1927.\n\n## SECTION 4\n\n28\n\n(No. 510.) Sir,\n\nSir M. Lampson to Sir Austen Chamberlain.-(Received July 8.)\n\nWITH reference to my despatch No. 318 of the 4th April, I have the honour to submit the following review of the present position in regard to the China arms embargo :-\n\nPeking, May 16, 1927.\n\n2. It is important, in considering this contentious and complicated question, to be clear in one's mind as to what the arms embargo really means and involves. Before its introduction by common understanding between the principal Powers in 1919, the import of arms into China, except to the order or with the authorisation of the Chinese Government, was prohibited to Chinese and foreigners alike under the treaties, and the prohibition was enforced by the Customs on the strength of the relevant treaty provision (rule 3 of the Rules of Trade). In 1919, with a view to discouraging civil war, the principal Powers agreed between themselves to prohibit their nationals from exporting arms to China altogether, so that, taken with the existing treaty prohibition of import to private consignees, the embargo was primarily directed against the acquisition of arms from foreign sources by the Chinese Government and Chinese central and local authorities. The Chinese Central Government and local governing authorities never recognised the embargo, which they regarded, indeed, as an offensive restriction on their sovereign activities, and they continued to issue \"huchao\" (permits) authorising the import of consignments of arms on official account through the Customs. As the process of political disintegration continued, not only the so-called Central Government at Peking and the rival Kuo Min-tang Government at Canton, but also various local provincial authorities issued their own \"huchao,\" which were accepted and respected by the Customs, who had come to follow the practice of recognising (in the absence of any real Central Government) the authority in such matters of whatever local de facto administration controlled the port in question. There was, therefore, never any co-operation on the Chinese side in enforcing the arms embargo, either from the Chinese Government, or from the local authorities, or from the Customs. There is a further point which should also be borne in mind, namely, that, while the arms embargo understanding between the Powers, as agreed upon in 1919 and reaffirmed in 1922 after the Washington Conference, referred to the prohibition of export to China of arms by their respective nationals, His Majesty's Government alone amongst the Powers took the further step of enacting local legislation (the King's Regulations issued in 1919) prohibiting the import into and dealing in arms in China by British subjects.\n\n3. In 1925, when, after the Shanghai incident of the 30th May, the anti-British movement had developed amongst the Cantonese Kuo Min-tang in the South and Feng Yu-hsiang's Kuo Min-chun in the North, and it was common knowledge that both were being freely supplied with arms from Russian sources, the question of the arms embargo, which had been giving rise to criticism and complaints from British interests for some time past, was under the consideration of His Majesty's Government with special reference to two points, namely :-\n\n(a) The prejudicial effect on British interests concerned with the arms trade, who were prevented by His Majesty's Government from supplying to China arms which were being freely furnished by competing foreign interests from Russian, German and other foreign sources; and\n\n(b) The effect of the embargo in preventing the supply of arms from British sources to friendly pro-British Northern elements, while Russia was freely furnishing arms to the hostile anti-British Kuo Min-tang and Kuo Min-chun.\n\nOn these two points a strong *primâ facie* case could be made out against the arms embargo, the advocates of which replied with the original arguments that, in existing conditions in China, the trade was an immoral one, which promoted and profited... \n\n[174 h-4]",
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        "content_text": "## 29\n\n\n2 \n\nfrom Chinese civil warfare, and that all the best Chinese public opinion was solidly against the import of arms from foreign sources.\n\nIn the autumn of 1925, the Foreign Office, as the result of their study of the question, forwarded to His Majesty's Minister for his observations and recommendations two papers—the one a letter from Mr. Teichman, then on leave in England, and the other a memorandum by Mr. Ashton-Gwatkin, on the subject of the arms embargo (see Foreign Office despatch No. 831 of the 23rd September, 1925). In the former, Mr. Teichman recommended that some of the objections to the arms embargo could be met by the removal, so far as British subjects were concerned, of aeroplanes from its scope, and the consequent abolition of all restrictions on the export of aeroplanes from the United Kingdom to China, and by the further step of repealing our China King's Regulations and carrying out our arms embargo policy in future by means of prohibition of export from Great Britain (instead of prohibition of import into China); and he further suggested, with reference to the general question of policy involved in the embargo, that Germany, Russia, and any other Power concerned, not party to the arms embargo understanding, should be invited to adhere to its principles, and also that, failing their acceptance, or perhaps in any case, we might even reverse our policy to the extent of attempting to apply the embargo in future in co-operation with the Chinese Government; and that the time had come to accord to the Kuo Min-tang administration in Kuangtung in this and other matters the same measure of de facto recognition as was given to the Peking Government; this suggestion, postulating the existence of two Governments in China, amounted, in effect, to a reversion to pre-embargo conditions to the extent that export of arms would be permitted on production of a licence issued by either Northern or Southern Governments. Mr. Ashton-Gwatkin, in his memorandum, emphasised the point that by their existing policy, His Majesty's Government were permitting our enemies in China to arm themselves freely from Russian sources while keeping our friends unarmed; and he recommended that His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking should be instructed to inform the Diplomatic Body that, in view of the complete change in conditions since the embargo was initiated, His Majesty's Government proposed to withdraw from it altogether, and to allow British subjects to deal freely in arms in China, subject always to such restrictions as might be imposed by the Chinese Government.\n\n5. His Majesty's Minister submitted his views in reply in his despatch No. 47 of the 19th January, 1926. In this despatch, Sir R. Macleay pointed out that the situation had changed once more during the past few months, that there had been a further general political disintegration, and that the Kuo Min-chun group in the North, which had the previous year identified itself with the anti-British movement, and which had in the meanwhile come to control the Peking Government, was professing to hold out the hand of friendship; the considerations existing the previous summer in favour of a departure from a policy of strict neutrality on the part of His Majesty's Government had lost some of their force; Chinese public opinion continued to be strongly against the import of arms from foreign sources, and the Chinese Government themselves had issued a mandate announcing their intention of ceasing the importation of arms from abroad. This mandate was, of course, a mere paper gesture in existing political conditions, but Sir R. Macleay considered that in all the circumstances, the moment was inopportune for anything like a public withdrawal from the embargo, and he recommended that the situation would best be met by amending our King's Regulations and definitely excluding aeroplanes from their scope.\n\n6. In the meantime, appeals for assistance in the form of munitions of war continued to be made to His Majesty's Government by the anti-Kuo Min-tang leaders, more particularly by Wu Pei-fu. As a result of the above examination of the question, the Foreign Office (in despatch No. 267 of the 13th April, 1926) declared in favour of a relaxation of the embargo in a manner calculated to enable British firms to compete with foreigners in supplying arms to a future stable and friendly Chinese Government for legitimate requirements of defence; and they proposed, when a fairly stable Government had been established in power, to replace our arms embargo restrictions by a policy of applying to British subjects the Chinese law prohibiting the import of arms. They further proposed that, in the meanwhile, the hardships from which British merchants were suffering should be mitigated by a less rigid application of the King's Regulations, and the definite exclusion of aeroplanes from the scope of our interpretation of the embargo understanding.\n\nThis was done.\n\n3 \n\n7. Since that time, the main issue has become somewhat obscured by a discussion between the Foreign Office and the Legation about the application to British subjects of the Chinese law prohibiting the import of arms (see Legation despatch No. 522 of the 12th July, 1926; Foreign Office letter of the 28th January, 1927; and Legation reply of the 7th April last). It seems to me unnecessary to complicate this already difficult question by considering the question of the applicability of the Chinese code at all, seeing that the import of arms, except to the order of the Chinese Government, is, and always has been, prohibited by Customs regulations based on a treaty provision, and, therefore, operative against British subjects; while with regard to the technical point as to the meaning of article 74(3) of the Order in Council, making punishable in a British court anyone importing into China goods the importation of which is forbidden \"by law,\" and the ruling of His Majesty's Supreme Court that the word \"law\" means the law of China concurred in by His Majesty's Government in some public document, I should have thought that such concurrence was, in fact, adequately expressed in rule 3 of the Rules of Trade, and that a British subject smuggling arms through the Customs could be punished under the Order in Council by a British court, as he would presumably be for any other form of smuggling in violation of treaty tariff provisions.\n\n8. The last paper from this Legation on the question is represented by my despatch above referred to (No. 318 of the 4th April), which again raises the point that the hostile South is being supplied without let or hindrance with arms from Russian sources, while, in pursuance of our arms embargo policy, we not only prevent British interests from supplying arms to the friendly North, but use the machinery of our Eastern ports of call to prevent the latter securing arms from any source. In the meanwhile, the situation in regard to the embargo has momentarily taken yet another turn, in that the Extremist Nationalist clique established since last autumn at Hankow, which has hitherto been so freely supplied with arms from Russian sources, now finds itself for the time being cut off from the coast by a rival Nationalist faction, which professes to have turned against the Russian domination of the Kuo Min-tang, and which has even appealed to us for assistance in the supply of arms (see Canton telegram to Foreign Office No. 32 of the 6th May, 1927).\n\n9. As I understand the position, the present policy of His Majesty's Government is that we should withdraw from the arms embargo as soon as a friendly Chinese Government has been established, and replace it by the enforcement on British subjects of the Chinese law prohibiting the import of arms (or, rather, in my view, by the ordinary Customs prohibition based on the treaty prohibition). There is, however, obviously little prospect at the present time of the establishment of such a Government; and the question arises as to whether we should continue our present policy while we wait for its emergence. His Excellency the Governor of Hong Kong has long been pressing for our withdrawal from the embargo, and he has recently again raised the matter in connection with the supply of arms to General Li Chai-sum at Canton, and it will be noted from the enclosed copy of a minute by the commercial counsellor to His Majesty's Legation that Mr. Fox supports the view that the time has come for us to withdraw from the embargo. From the point of view of immediate political expediency, there can be no question but that the embargo is, from our point of view, objectionable and prejudicial to our interests. Taking, however, a broader and longer view, it may very well be questioned whether, if we freed ourselves from it, we should not in fact land ourselves in even greater difficulties. In the first place, we should have to give formal notification to the other Powers concerned of our withdrawal, which would be broadcast by our enemies as an indication that we intended to afford material support to one military faction against another. Any public withdrawal from the embargo at the present time is bound to be misrepresented to, and to invite severe criticism in many quarters. There is little doubt that we might find a certain class of British subjects mixed up in all kinds of shady transactions in arms, involving complications and conflict with the various Chinese military factions. Apart from its moral aspect and from a political point of view, the question of the arms embargo turned largely on the point as to whether or not we are going to continue our policy of strict neutrality in Chinese civil wars and whether we wish to intervene on one side or the other. In this connection, the views attributed to Sir J. Jamieson in Foreign Office letter to the Colonial Office of the 5th January last (see Foreign Office despatch No. 16 of the 10th January) are undoubtedly very much to the point, namely, that disadvantageous the agreement may be to British interests at present, it does definitely prevent Great Britain from becoming identified in Chinese eyes with any one of the \n\n## 30",
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        "content_text": "## 31\n\ncontending Chinese factions, and therefore will in the long run heighten British reputation in China as that of the one Power that did not in any way participate in or make profit out of the civil war.\" I would qualify this statement by saying that our arms embargo policy, if it does not prevent our being maliciously accused of favouring our Northern friends with assistance in the form of material supplies, at least enables us to repudiate such accusations absolutely, and to convince all decent sections of Chinese public opinion that our hands are clean. Should it, however, be decided that a change is to be made in our policy, I would recommend that we proceed in the first instance by repealing our King's Regulations, with an explanation that we propose in the future to control the arms trade from the United Kingdom by prohibition of export, except on production of \"huchao\" issued by any de facto Chinese Government with whom we are in friendly relation. Admittedly such a step would require a good deal of explaining away, but it would enable us to claim that we were continuing to prevent the supply of arms from British sources to irresponsible military leaders, and to control the trade in our general political interests. At the same time, interference with foreign arms cargoes passing through British ports of call might well be dropped.\n\n10. On the whole, however, while realising fully the drawbacks, and in many respects the futility of our present policy, I incline to the view that matters should be left as they are for the present.\n\nI have, &c.\n\n**MILES LAMPSON**\n\n## Enclosure in No. 1\n\n## Minute by the Commercial Counsellor\n\nI think the time has come when we should withdraw from the arms embargo, because\n\n1. It has, owing to the lack of co-operation on the part of the other signatories to the agreement, entirely failed in its object, which was to put a stop to, or at least restrict, civil war in China.\n\n2. It handicaps British merchants and manufacturers, and the sale of British goods, to the advantage of their competitors; and moreover, it operates unfairly as between British firms, i.e., some obey the strict letter of the King's Regulations and refuse all orders, while others take a wider view—which the Foreign Office have recently acquiesced in—and openly supply Chinese arsenals with materials for the manufacture of arms and ammunition. Vide the flourishing business Arnhold's and Jardine's are now doing in Mukden.\n\n3. We have not in any way earned the gratitude or the respect of the Chinese by our self-denying ordinance, but are on the other hand cordially disliked by all parties.\n\n4. If our present policy is to recognise the status of China as a sovereign State, a step in this direction being the application of Chinese laws to British subjects, then I consider that our refusal to allow British subjects to supply arms and ammunition to the Chinese Government, when a permit has been issued by the Government for that purpose, may well be regarded as an unwarrantable interference with China's sovereign rights. An even less defensible interference is, in my opinion, the seizure of munitions of war carried in a foreign steamer in a British port, which are the property of the Chinese Government. By Chinese Government, I mean either the Northern or Southern Government, or indeed any local government, whose permits are recognised by the Maritime Customs.\n\nPage 30  \nPage 31",
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        "content_text": "# CHINA.\n## CONFIDENTIAL.\n### August 15, 1927.\n#### SECTION 1.\n`F6077/36/10`\n\n**(No. 1075.) Sir,**\n\n**No. 1.**  \nSir Austen Chamberlain to Sir M. Lampson (Peking).  \nForeign Office, August 15, 1927.\n\nI have carefully considered your despatch No. 510 of the 16th May last, and desire to thank you for the clear review of the present position in regard to the China arms embargo which it contains.\n\n2. I find myself in general agreement with the conclusions which you have reached in your despatch, particularly with that expressed in its final paragraph.\n\n[202 p-1]\n\nI am, &c.  \n**AUSTEN CHAMBERLAIN.**",
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        "content_text": "# 30005\n**COL, OFFIC**\n27\n35\n**NO SECRET.**\n\nCopies to:\nCanton No. 283.\nPeking No. 67\nNo 1\n\n300011\n\nSir,\n\nHONGKONG,\nGOVERNMENT HOUSE,\n30th July, 1927.\n\nWith reference to my telegram of the 27th April regarding the Arms Embargo, I have the honour to transmit for your information a short additional memorandum of the interview between the Chinese unofficial members of the Legislative Council and Mr. Lam Ting-po, the Mayor of Wuchow, a detailed report of which was enclosed in my secret despatch of yesterday.\n\nThere is much force in Mr. Lam's remark that \"when it comes to a question of life and death for Hong Kong cannot exist without Kwongtung it would be more than folly merely to talk of principles without taking action for self-defence!\"\n\n**THE RIGHT HONOURABLE**\nI have the honour to be,\nSir.\nYour most obedient, humble servant\n\nLIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,\n&c., &c., &c.\n\nGovernor, &c.",
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        "content_text": "## CONFIDENTIAL\n\nDowning Street, \n12 September, 1927\n\nSir,\n\nI am, etc., to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain, the accompanying copy of a telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong, reporting that a local Chinese Metal firm of good standing wishes to tender for the supply of certain aeroplane material required by the Canton Government.\n\n2. As Sir Austen Chamberlain is aware, the China Arms Embargo Agreement is not regarded as applicable to commercial aeroplanes and the free import of such aeroplanes into China is therefore permitted, although there can be no doubt that \n\n**Distribution List**\n| Name | Title |\n| --- | --- |\n| Mr. Clutterbuck |  |\n| Mr. Ellis |  |\n| Mr. E. J. Harding |  |\n| Sir C. Strachey |  |\n| Sir J. Shuckburgh |  |\n| Sir G. Grindle |  |\n| Sir C. Davis |  |\n| Sir S. Wilson |  |\n| Mr. Ormsby-Gore |  |\n| Lord Lovat |  |\n| Mr. Amery |  |\n\n**File Reference:** `30154/1927 Hong Kong`\n**Telegram Reference:** `Gov HK 3 Sept Tel`\n**Distribution:** Copy with enc. to Admy., W.O., Air Ministry, Ctte of I.D. `12/9/27` \n**Comp:** CompLFF",
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        "content_text": "## GOVERNMENT HOUSE, HONGKONG. 15th June, 1927.\n\nSir,\n\nWith reference to my telegram of the 10th May, 1927, on the subject of the embargo by German shipowners on arms for China, I have the honour to enclose a translation of an article in the **Man Kwok Yat Po**, Canton, of the 28th May, 1927, concerning alleged shipments of arms from Germany to Tsingtao.\n\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour most obedient, humble servant,\n**Governor, &c.**\n\nTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE \nLIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,\n&c.,\n&c.,\n&c.\n\nPage 40\nPage 41",
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        "content_text": "## 220.\n\n`(F4751/36/10)`\n\nSir,\n\nFOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.\n*5th May, 1927.\n\nOn the 19th instant the First Secretary of the Portuguese Embassy called at the Foreign Office and stated that he was instructed by his government to ascertain the attitude of His Majesty's Government towards the request which, it was understood, had been addressed to them and to the Peking Government by General Li-chai-sum, the Military Governor of Canton, for assistance in dealing with extremist and communist elements.\n\nMonsieur Bastos said that his government would wish to be guided by the attitude of His Majesty's Government.\n\n2. His Majesty's Government's general policy of strict observance of the China Arms Embargo Agreement and of neutrality as between all Chinese factions was explained to Monsieur Bastos. He was further informed that this particular request was being discussed with the other departments concerned and that he would be given a definite reply as soon as possible.\n\nOn May 21st, Monsieur Bastos was informed that the request of General Li-chai-sum had been considered in relation to the general situation and that His Majesty's Government had decided in this case as in others to maintain their policy of neutrality as between the various contending factions.\n\nHis Excellency\nThe Right Honourable\nSir Lancelot Carnegie, G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G.,\netc.,\netc.\nLisbon.\netc.",
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        "content_text": "45 \n\nfactions in China and to maintain their strict observance \nof the Arms Embargo Agreement. The Acting British \nConsul General at Canton was being instructed accordingly.\n\nI am, with great truth and respect,\nsir,\nYour Excellency's obedient Servant,\n(For the Secretary of State)\n(sd.) GEORGE MOMEKEY.",
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        "content_text": "**[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]**\n\nTo CHINA.\n\nCode telegram to Mr. Erenan. (Canton).\n\nForeign Office. May 20th, 1927.\n\nNo. 4. (R).\n\n7.30 p.m.\n\n·000·.\n\nYour telegram No. 32 (Supply of arms for General Li Chai-sum).\n\nWe cannot give assurance regarding special treatment at British ports for German consignment of arms for General Li. This would constitute a departure from our arms embargo policy and from our policy of strict neutrality in Chinese civil war. As recently as last March we confiscated at Singapore shipment of gunpowder for Tsinanfu arsenal; and we have just refused any material help to Chang Tso-lin in his anti-Red campaign.\n\nTo help General Li in way suggested would stultify our general policy; nor is there any guarantee that these arms would not eventually be used in anti-Northern campaign, or even against our own troops at Shanghai.\n\nThere is no objection to sale of unarmed motor boats.\n\nPlease repeat to Peking and Hongkong.\n\n50",
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        "content_text": "**SECRET**\n\n## CABINET 32(27)\n\nExtract from Conclusions of a Meeting held at 10 Downing Street, on Thursday, 19th May 1927, at 11.30 a.m.\n\n### CHINA\n\n#### Export of Arms\n\n(Previous Reference: Cabinet 21(27) Conclusion 2.)\n\n#### The Proposed Industrial Loan\n\n(Previous Reference as above. Circulated separately, will be laid in file (14)(15))\n\n4. The Cabinet had before them the following documents relating to the arms embargo and the supply of arms to Canton :-\n\n* A Note by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs covering a Memorandum prepared in the Foreign Office in which the view is expressed that we should adhere to our policy of neutrality among the contending Chinese factions (Paper `C.P.156(27)`);\n* A Letter from the Colonial Office to the Foreign Office to be read in conjunction with the above (Paper `C.P.157(27)`).\n\nAttention was called to Telegram No.35 of May 16th, from Mr. Brenan (Canton) reporting that he had made certain demands on General Li Chai-sum in consequence of the action of the Commander of the Whampoa Forts in firing on a British merchant ship. The Cabinet were reminded that General Li Chai-sum is the same person to whom it had been proposed (in the Papers under consideration) to give facilities for obtaining arms.\n\nAttention\n\nPage 50\nPage 51\n3000g J \ncirculation Separate ly -> circulation Separately",
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        "content_text": "## \nAttention was also drawn to a telegram from Sir Miles Lampson, No.846, of May 11th, on the subject of Major Nathan's proposed industrial loan to Chang Tse-Mr, the effect of which had been that Major Nathan had undertaken to telegraph to Mr. Waley Cohen, in London, asking him to consult the Foreign Office on that question.\n\nThe Cabinet agreed:\n(a) As regards the arms embargo, that the policy of neutrality among the various contending factions in China should be adhered to, and that no facilities in the matter of arms should be given to the Cantonese General Li Chai-sum;\n\n(b) That if Mr. Waley Cohen should visit the Foreign Office, he should be informed that His Majesty's Government were not concerned in any private loan which he might make to any party in China, but he should be warned that he could not expect to receive any support, by force or otherwise, in collecting the interest on the loan.",
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        "content_text": "# This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government. 7\n\nPrinted for the Cabinet. May 1927.\n\n56\n\n**SECRET.**\n\nC.P. 157 (27).\n\nCopy No. 39\n\n**ARMS EMBARGO AND SUPPLY OF ARMS TO CANTON.**\n\nTHE following letter from the Colonial Office should be read in connection with Cabinet Paper 156 (27) of May 16, 1927.\n\nForeign Office, May 18, 1927.\n\nColonial Office to Foreign Office.—(Received May 12.)\n\n**(Immediate and Secret.)**\n\nSir,\n\nDowning Street, May 11, 1927.\n\nI am directed by Mr. Secretary Amery to refer to the letter from this Department of the 4th May enclosing a copy of telegraphic correspondence with the Governor of Hong Kong regarding a request from General Li Chai-Sum, now in power at Canton, for assistance in obtaining arms and ammunition, and to transmit to you, to be laid before Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain, the accompanying copy of a further telegram from Sir C. Clementi, dated the 6th May, reporting that similar overtures have been made to the Governor of Macao (Enclosure 1).\n\nGeneral Li Chai-Sum has already given evidence of his desire to establish peaceful conditions in Kwangtung, first by his recent action in suppressing Communist agitators in Canton, and, secondly, by the campaign which he is now conducting against subversive elements in the country districts. The result of the improved conditions now obtaining in Canton is shown in the enclosed telegram (Enclosure 2), dated the 4th May, in which the Governor of Hong Kong reports that trade with Canton is now more or less normal. In these circumstances it would be a serious misfortune to Hong Kong and to British trade in South China if General Li Chai-Sum were to be prevented by lack of munitions from maintaining his authority in the Province. Sir C. Clementi recommends, therefore, that, subject to a public declaration of his good intentions, he should be given the assistance for which he asks.\n\n3. It now appears from Mr. Brenan's telegram No. 32 of the 6th May, a copy of which was enclosed in your letter of the 9th May, that there is small prospect of obtaining from Li Chai-Sum a declaration in the sense recommended by the Governor. Mr. Brenan considers, however, that the General should none the less be given facilities to purchase arms and ammunition in Hong Kong or through Hong Kong agents, and he enquires whether he may give an assurance to a German agent who has approached him that arms destined for Li Chai-Sum will not be seized at British ports. A copy of a further telegram from Sir C. Clementi reporting the receipt of an application from the agent is enclosed (Enclosure 3).\n\n4. With regard to this application Mr. Amery is of opinion first that no assurance is necessary since it is well known that arms and ammunition consigned to Chinese destinations are safe from interference if carried on vessels which do not touch at British ports, that there is no difficulty in chartering vessels to carry such consignments by a route which complies with this condition, and that the insurance of the consignments can be effected on the continent. The German agent can therefore, if he wishes to do so, arrange without difficulty for the supply of arms for Li Chai-Sum without an assurance from the Hong Kong Government, and the request for such an assurance doubtless arises from...\n\nPage 15",
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        "content_text": "## 57\n\na desire to make the transaction at once less hazardous and more lucrative. To give an assurance in the sense recommended by Mr. Brenan would be tantamount to providing evidence for a charge that His Majesty's Government were conniving at the supply of arms to Li Chai-Sum and would, in Mr. Amery's opinion, constitute a most dangerous precedent which might seriously embarrass His Majesty's Government in the maintenance of the China Arms Embargo Agreement. While, therefore, Mr. Amery concurs with Mr. Brenan and Sir C. Clementi in considering that facilities for the supply of arms should be given to Li Chai-Sum, notwithstanding that no public declaration of good intentions is likely to be obtainable, he considers that it would be at once safer, more expeditious, and more convenient if the supply of arms were secretly arranged through Government channels.\n\n5. It is, of course, clear that if any substantial quantity of arms were placed immediately at Li Chai-Sum's disposal, considerable risks would be run, since there would be no guarantee beyond the General's personal assurance that the arms would, in fact, be used in maintaining order in Kwangtung. This objection could, however, be overcome by granting only small supplies of arms at intervals and by making the delivery of each consignment contingent on His Majesty's consul-general being satisfied that Li Chai-Sum was, in fact, making serious efforts to maintain order and to suppress piracy and brigandage in the Province. It would, of course, be understood that these small consignments of arms would be delivered through a shipping company or other intermediary, and not direct from Government sources.\n\n6. It appears to Mr. Amery that the adoption of this procedure would not constitute a breach of the China Arms Embargo Agreement, since the transaction could legitimately be described as involving only the supply of arms to the established authority in Canton for police purposes, and not for use in the Civil War, and as such could be regarded as outside the scope of the Agreement. I am, moreover, to invite Sir Austen Chamberlain's attention to the fact that provision already exists for authorising supplies of arms in special cases, notwithstanding the terms of the China Arms Embargo Agreement, since the King's Regulations made in 1919 in pursuance of the Agreement contain the following reservation:-\n\n'Nothing in these Regulations shall be deemed to prohibit any transaction authorised by a written licence granted by His Majesty's Minister.'\n\n7. Mr. Amery is, moreover, of the opinion that the supply of arms in this manner need not be considered to involve a departure from His Majesty's General Government's policy of neutrality towards the contending factions. Li Chai-Sum is understood to have been in control of Canton for some months, and appears now to have succeeded in consolidating his position there. There is no question, therefore, of assisting him to effect a coup d'État in overthrowing an existing régime, or of encouraging him to extend the bounds of his authority at the expense of rival Administrations. On the contrary, it is only desired to render him such assistance as would enable him to maintain those peaceful conditions which he has already succeeded in establishing in Canton, and to police satisfactorily those outlying districts which he is now engaged in restoring to order.\n\n8. In the last resort, all Governments depend on force, and when, as in this case, an authority has at last succeeded in tranquillising a disturbed district in which a neighbouring British Colony has a vital interest, it would appear illogical to handicap that authority by placing obstacles in the way of the supply of the arms and ammunition necessary for the maintenance of peace and good order while the forces of disorder are liberally furnished with arms by the Soviet. This principle appears long since to have been recognised by the Governments of France and Japan so far as their respective spheres of influence are concerned, since the French have until recently succeeded in avoiding trouble in Yunnan by subsidising the Governor, while the Japanese are well known to have lent material assistance to Chang Tso-lin in Manchuria. Neither of these Powers has been openly accused, so far as Mr. Amery is aware, of interfering in affairs in China. On the other hand, each has repeatedly asserted that it is following and will continue to follow a policy of neutrality towards the contending parties, and it seems clear that each regards its established policy in its particular sphere of influence as in no way inconsistent with a general policy of neutrality in China. In view of the special significance of the relations between Canton and Hong Kong, there would appear to be no reason why the considerations urged in respect of France and Japan should not be held to apply with equal force to His Majesty's Government in respect of Kwangtung.\n\n9. Finally, I am to invite attention to recent correspondence with His Majesty's Minister at Peking in regard to the supply of Vickers' aeroplanes to Chang Tso-Lin. It is understood that in response to Sir M. Lampson's representations, the supply of these aeroplanes has now been sanctioned, but that while it is clear that they will, in fact, be used for military purposes, they have been described as commercial, in order that there may be no conflict with the terms of the China Arms Embargo Agreement. If the supply of aeroplanes to a Northern general under a specious disguise of this nature is not regarded as improper, Mr. Amery can see no reason why the despatch of arms to a Southern general for police purposes should not be regarded as equally legitimate.\n\n10. In short, it appears to Mr. Amery that the adoption of the Governor's proposal in the form suggested above would not constitute a breach of the China Arms Embargo Agreement, would not involve a reversal of the established policy of neutrality in China, and, even if known to them, would not be objected to by other Powers, at least two of which follow the same principle. Moreover, the proposal can scarcely be distinguished in principle from the concessions already granted to a Northern general. In view of these considerations and of the importance to Hong Kong of preserving harmonious relations with Canton, I am to commend the proposal to Sir Austen Chamberlain's favourable consideration.\n\n11. A copy of this letter is being sent to the Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, and Committee of Imperial Defence.\n\n## Enclosure 1.\n\nI am,\n&c.\nG. GRINDLE.\n\n## Telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies\n\nDated May 6, 1927.\n\n(Received Colonial Office, 8:30 A.M., May 6, 1927.)\n\nMy telegram of 27th April: Arms embargo.\n\nPortuguese consul-general called to see me to-day at the request of the Governor of Macao, who had received request from General Li-Chai-Sum for arms and ammunition, accompanied by offer that, if request were granted, all Reds and strikers now causing anxiety to the Macao Government would be driven away from Lappa and Portuguese frontier. The Governor of Macao asked for my opinion and said that he would in this matter follow the policy of Hong Kong Government.\n\nI replied that Li-Chai-Sum had also asked the British authorities for arms and ammunition; that in my opinion, arms embargo was injurious to Hong Kong and Macao, but that I did not think that it should be relaxed in favour of Li-Chai-Sum unless he publicly declared his intention to suppress all anti-foreign manifestations, to respect foreign treaty rights pending negotiation in proper form of revised treaties, and to suppress piracy and brigandage; and that in any case, decision would have to be taken in London and Lisbon and not by the Governor of Macao and myself locally.\n\nPortuguese consul-general said that the Governor of Macao would doubtless telegraph similar views to Lisbon and meanwhile postpone definite answer to Li-Chai-Sum.\n\n(Repeated to Peking, No. 34; Canton.)\n\n## 58",
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        "content_text": "## Enclosure 2\nTelegram from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nDated May 4, 1927.\n\n(Received Colonial Office 5:15 A.M., May 5, 1927.)\n\nMY telegram unnumbered of 24th April: Trade situation.\n\nTrade with Canton is now more or less normal, but both there and at Swatow, the menace of communistic peasant rising gives cause for anxiety. Trade to Yang-tsze shows heavy falling off, but reverse traffic continues in fair volume.\n\n## Enclosure 3\nTelegram from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\nDated May 6, 1927.\n\n(Received Colonial Office 6:55 P.M. May 6, 1927.)\n\nMy telegram of 6th May: Arms embargo.\n\nFeld, German merchant of Canton, saw Colonial Secretary on 6th May and stated that he had been approached on behalf of Li-Chai-Sum for supply of arms. He is prepared to supply, but cannot do business without insurance, which he cannot effect unless Hong Kong Government guarantees that no British action will be taken, provided that the vessel conveying the arms does not enter British waters.\n\nFeld further said he did not wish the arms to fall into the hands of the Communist faction. If, therefore, Communists are again in power in Canton when the arms arrive, he wishes to have a place of safety for the arms, and would be prepared to bring them into Hong Kong for seizure, provided I can give him assurance that the arms will not be forfeited, but will be allowed to be re-exported to a non-Chinese destination.\n\nGerman consul here saw the Colonial Secretary, and appears to have instructions to abide by Arms Embargo Convention, and seemed to have doubt as to how far his Government would countenance Feld's transaction, though the arms are said to be not coming from Germany.\n\nFeld professes a desire to do nothing which would be contrary to the wishes of the British Government, but presses the urgent need of Li-Chai-Sum for arms for anti-Red campaign.\n\nI recommend that I be authorised to give the desired assurance, provided that Li-Chai-Sum will make a public declaration suggested in my telegram of 27th April on this subject.\n\n(Repeated to Peking, No. 85, and Canton.)",
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        "content_text": "# This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.\n\nPrinted for the Cabinet. May 1927.\n\n**SECRET**\n\nCopy No. 39\n\n`C.P. 156 (27)`\n\nWE have had some discussion as to the supply of arms to this or that Chinese general without any very clear result. The subject is now raised again by the Governor of Hong Kong, and I think it necessary to ask for a definite Cabinet decision.\n\nI circulate a memorandum which has been prepared in the Foreign Office by my instructions in order that Ministers may have before them all the necessary information.\n\nPersonally, I hold that our policy of neutrality among the factions has been and continues to be right. Nothing else has prevented us at one time or another from backing the wrong horse, and it is still too soon to pick the winner.\n\nOpen support of a particular leader or party would embroil us with all others, and quite possibly unite them all against him or it.\n\nFinally, I, at any rate, could give no guarantee that any arms supplied would not sooner or later be turned against us by the party to whom they were supplied or taken from that party and used against us by others.\n\nForeign Office, May 16, 1927.\n\nA. C.\n\n60\n\n## ARMS EMBARGO AND SUPPLY OF ARMS TO CANTON\n\n### MEMORANDUM\n\nTHE provision of arms for the Cantonese General, Li Chai-sum, to use against the \"Reds\" has been strongly recommended by the Governor of Hong Kong and our Acting Consul-General at Canton. Further, the Portuguese Government, who are concerned for the safety of their colony of Macao and have also been approached by General Li, have enquired both here and at Hong Kong regarding our attitude. It is understood that the French Government have also been approached.\n\nThis question raises the particular issue of the China Arms Embargo and the general principle of neutrality towards the various contending factions in China.\n\nAs regards the Arms Embargo, this was an agreement entered into in 1919 by certain Powers effectively to restrain their subjects and citizens from exporting to, or importing into, China arms and munitions of war and material destined exclusively for their manufacture, until the establishment of a Government whose authority was recognised throughout the whole country. The Powers concerned were Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, United States, Russia (non-Soviet), Brazil, France, Japan, the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy. Some of these Powers interpreted their obligations very loosely; other Powers notably Soviet Russia, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Norway were under no obligation and have exported arms freely to China, while the embargo Powers have had their hands tied. The Foreign Office, feeling that the embargo acted unfairly towards British merchants, and in some ways prejudicially to Great Britain's wider political interests in China, have from time to time examined the position in order to see whether it could be made more satisfactory. The fundamental difficulty has been the divided state of China, and the fact that arms sold or given to any one Chinese faction would be a departure from our policy of neutrality and an intervention in Chinese domestic affairs. The latest instructions on the subject were those sent to His Majesty's Minister at Peking on the 13th April, 1926. They were to the effect that when it was quite clear that the psychological moment had arrived, and that a fairly stable Government was in power, we would proceed to replace the Arms Embargo by a policy of applying to British subjects the Chinese law prohibiting the import of ...\n\n3984 [16169] \n\n## Page 60 \n\nB 14",
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        "content_text": "## 61\n\n\n## 62\n\n2\n\narms and ammunition, i.e., we would supply arms only to the Central Government of China and their nominees. At the same time, in view of the fact that other embargo Powers were supplying aeroplanes to the Chinese in spite of our attempts to tighten up the embargo under this heading, we decided not to regard aeroplanes for commercial purposes as coming within the scope of the embargo. It is in view of this last decision that we have recently declined to intervene in order to prevent Messrs Vickers from carrying out an order for aeroplanes for Marshal Chang Tso-lin. The supply of arms and munitions to General Li is on quite a different footing. The question of including aeroplanes in the embargo was a point on which the embargo Powers were not agreed; but the supply of arms and munitions would be in flat contradiction to the Embargo Agreement, and we could scarcely be so cynical as to remain parties to the Agreement, while at the same time supplying General Li with arms. We would therefore have to withdraw from the Agreement. No doubt other Powers would follow our example, but upon us would rest the odium of breaking down an arrangement which, although partially ineffective, has certainly, to some extent, prevented a general scramble to supply the Chinese with arms, and has stood as a visible sign of the Powers' refusal to take sides in the Chinese civil war.\n\nThis brings us to the wider question of neutrality. Marshal Chang Tso-lin has repeatedly approached His Majesty's Minister at Peking for British support in his anti-Bolshevik campaign. His latest appeal is attached hereto (A), together with the reply (B) which it is proposed to send to Sir M. Lampson. This reply reaffirms the policy of His Majesty's Government to refrain from any action which might be interpreted as interference in China's internal affairs, and to observe complete neutrality between all the contesting factions. If we refuse a loan for Chang Tso-lin to pursue his anti-\"Red\" activities, it is clear that we must also refuse to assist General Li with arms. If we supply the arms to General Li, Chang will at once accuse us of giving help to his enemies (for General Li is a Southerner) and refusing it to himself. It would be very difficult to defend our position in such a case, and Chang would be fully justified in accusing us of action unfriendly to him.\n\nFurther reasons for refusing to supply arms to General Li will be found in the draft reply to the Colonial Office, which is attached hereto (C). They are as follows:\n\n| Number | Reason |\n| --- | --- |\n| (1.) | We can have no special confidence in General Li; in China military leaders rise and fall; their professions of friendship are quite unreliable. |\n| (2.) | There is no possible guarantee that the arms supplied will be used solely against the Communists at Canton. General Li's command is part of the Southern army; only a short time ago Sir M. Lampson was anxious as to the possibility of Southern troops arriving before Peking and Tien-tsin; so the arms might very well be used for an anti-Northern expedition. |\n| (3.) | Or they might be used for an attack against British troops in the Shanghai area. |\n\nThe reasons in favour of the supply of arms have been put forward by the Governor of Hong Kong and are strongly supported by the Colonial Office. They rest on a belief that General Li is determined to maintain order and to suppress Communism, piracy and brigandage in Kwangtung Province; and that his proper use of them could be guaranteed by granting only small supplies of arms at intervals and by making each delivery contingent on our being satisfied that he was carrying out his undertakings. The Colonial Office contend that this would be merely supply of arms to the established authority in Canton for police purposes, and therefore outside the scope of the Embargo Agreement. Further, they do not consider it would be a breach of His Majesty's Government's policy of neutrality, since General Li is understood to have been in control of Canton for some months, and appears now to have succeeded in consolidating his position there. They point to the subsidising of the Governor of Yunnan by the French and to the material assistance lent by the Japanese to Chang Tso-lin in Manchuria as precedents for such action. But, for the reasons stated above, the Foreign Office cannot accept so wide an interpretation either of their arms embargo obligations or of their neutrality policy.\n\n## 17\n\nA further suggestion is made by the Acting Consul-General at Canton (and approved by the Government of Hong Kong) that if we ourselves cannot supply arms, we should allow such arms to be supplied through a German firm, and give the Cantonese an assurance that the consignment would not be seized en route under the arms regulations of our Colonial Governments. Further, that he should authorise a British insurance company to cover the risk. This suggestion is approved by His Majesty's Admiralty, but strongly opposed by the Colonial Office, who advocate instead the secret supply of arms to the Canton Government by His Majesty's Government themselves. To the Foreign Office Mr. Brenan's proposal seems to be a half-measure with all the disadvantages that half-measures generally have. It would be no less un-neutral than a direct supply of arms, especially as we have held up and confiscated at Singapore recently a shipment of arms for the Northern leaders. Further, the Germans themselves are beginning to realise that the profits of the China arms trade are hardly worth the invidious position into which they have been getting themselves; and on the 9th May the German consul at Hong Kong handed to the Colonial Secretary the following translation of a communication issued by the German Legation at Peking on the 18th April:\n\n'Association of German shipowners and German East Asiatic Society at Hamburg have decided not to undertake or execute any shipment of arms and ammunition of war which are destined to be used in China from German ports or on German ships.'\n\nThe Foreign Office therefore hold to their long-established policy of carrying out to the fullest extent their obligations under the Arms Embargo and of maintaining strict neutrality in China; they suggest that instructions should be issued as in the attached telegrams to Sir M. Lampson at Peking and to Mr. Brenan at Canton; that the enclosed letter on the subject should be addressed to the Colonial Office; and that the Portuguese Embassy should be informed of their views.\n\nForeign Office, May 16, 1927.\n\n(A.)\n\nSir M. Lampson to Sir Austen Chamberlain.—(Received May 6.) (No. 825.) (Telegraphic.)\n\nPeking, May 5, 1927.\n\nCHANG TSO-LIN called 4th May, and after enquiring what decisions had been reached by the Powers concerning action on Yang-tsze, developed at length, with usual arguments, reasons why His Majesty's Government should assist him in combating Bolshevism in China. He referred to further proof we had recently had, from raid on Russian propaganda headquarters here, of Bolshevik designs to destroy British interests in China. He discounted genuineness of so-called moderate movement of Chiang, which he described as prompted by purely personal motives. We had already, to all intents and purposes, intervened with troops and ships without accomplishing much beyond incurring odium, and we should find it very much more effective and cheaper to secure our objects by supporting him. In any case, it was not a question of intervening in Chinese affairs, but of taking steps to combat world menace of Bolshevism, which, if allowed to take root in China, would spread all over Asia, including India. His troops had now reached the neighbourhood of Sinyang in Southern Honan, but he was now halting their further advance into Hupei until he had ascertained intentions of the Powers towards Bolshevik menace, which he was not prepared to deal with single-handed on the Yang-tsze. He threw out usual hints of his having even to abandon Peking and to withdraw to Manchuria if the Powers would not afford him the necessary support. Referring to Japanese and their double policy of supporting him in the North and Chiang in the South, he said they were still in close touch with Chiang, hoped to replace Russians in the latter's employment by Japanese, and to benefit by destruction of British commercial interests.\n\nI explained to him our policy of non-intervention, but promised, at his urgent request, to transmit his message to you.\n\n(Repeated to Tokyo, Shanghai, Mr. Newton, Hong Kong, Canton and Commander-in-chief.)\n\n[16169]\n\n## 3 \n## B 2",
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        "content_text": "# \n64 \n\n**(Telegraphic.)** \n4 \n\n**(B.)** \n\n## Draft Reply to Sir M. Lampson (Peking)\n\nYOUR telegram No. 825. \n\nYour attitude is fully approved. \n\nForeign Office, May 1927. \n\nYou should in any further conversations or communications with Chang Tso-lin explain to him clearly that his suggestion that His Majesty's Government should assist him in fighting Bolshevism in China and that his future movements depend upon the intentions of the Powers towards the Bolshevist menace in that country practically constitute an invitation to His Majesty's Government and the other Powers to co-operate with him in action amounting, on their part, to direct intervention in the internal affairs of China. \n\nSuch an invitation cannot possibly be accepted by His Majesty's Government, whose main object at the present time is to refrain from any action which might be interpreted as interference in China's internal affairs and to observe complete neutrality between all the contesting factions. \n\nHis Majesty's Government cannot believe, moreover, that they would be in fact assisting Chang Tso-lin's cause or helping on the campaign upon which he is already successfully embarked for dealing with the extremist elements in territory under his control by adopting a new policy on the suggested lines, which would publicly associate his name with their action, and so probably serve to discredit him with other Chinese elements, and perhaps produce a general reaction from the tendency now becoming apparent all over China to deal with extremist and Bolshevist movements as they deserve. \n\nRepeat to Tokyo, Shanghai, Mr. Newton, Canton for Hong Kong. \n\n**(C.)** \n\n## Draft Letter to Colonial Office\n\nSir, \n\nForeign Office, May 1927. WITH reference to Colonial Office letter of the 4th instant, transmitting copy of telegraphic correspondence with the Governor of Hong Kong regarding the suggested relaxation of the Arms Embargo in favour of General Li Chai-sum, I am directed by Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain to state that he has carefully examined this proposal. \n\n2. It appears to Sir Austen Chamberlain that it is at present premature to form any conclusions as to the value of any assurances given by General Li, of whom comparatively little is known. The past has seen many instances of the rise of military leaders who made amicable professions and whose prospects appeared promising, but who have speedily proved to be either unreliable or ineffectual, and it accordingly appears essential that His Majesty's Government should observe the utmost caution in their relations with any new aspirant. \n\n3. Moreover, any assistance, however restricted, and however well safeguarded by conditions and assurances, would, in fact, be the first step in a new policy of rendering concrete help in the suppression of Bolshevism in China. Mr. Secretary Amery will remember that in his telegram No. 825 of the 5th instant, Sir M. Lampson reported that he had been approached by Chang Tso-lin with a request for assistance for this purpose. Sir Austen Chamberlain proposes to send the enclosed reply to Sir M. Lampson,* explaining the grounds on which it is impossible to accede to his request. The reasons which necessitate this attitude in the case of such an old-established and well-known leader as Chang Tso-lin, would apply with much greater force to the case of a comparative newcomer like Li Chai-sum, and while he is refusing assistance to the former, Sir Austen Chamberlain cannot consider facilitating the supply of arms to the latter. \n\n* See **(B)**.\n\n4. A further reason for not agreeing to these latest proposals lies in the fact that only a short time ago Sir M. Lampson was anxious as to the possibility of Southern troops invading Peking and Tien-tsin. While the probability of this is more remote at the present moment, it is a possibility that must always be contemplated, and it is obvious that His Majesty's Government would be placed in a most embarrassing position vis-à-vis the Peking Government if it could be shown that they had in any way contributed, however indirectly, towards the strength of the Southern forces. \n\n5. A further point to be considered in this connection is that Li Chai-sum is nominally a subordinate of Chiang Kai-shek; it is, therefore, by no means improbable that any arms which His Majesty's Government allowed to reach the former would eventually be used by the latter's troops in the Shanghai area. In view of the presence of British troops in that area, and the possibility that such arms might be used against them, Sir Austen Chamberlain considers that every precaution must be taken to guard against this contingency. \n\n6. A copy is enclosed of Mr. Brenan's telegram No. 32 of the 6th May, in which he supports the Governor of Hong Kong's suggestion. Sir Austen Chamberlain, however, remains unconvinced as to the desirability of embarking on this new Arms policy for reasons adduced above. His objections, of course, do not apply to the sale of unarmed motor-boats to the Canton authorities. As regards the proposed shipment of arms through a German firm, it is clear that no special treatment can be given at British ports such as has been and will be denied to other shipments consigned to other Chinese traders. In fact, the foregoing arguments apply as in the case of a direct sale of arms. Mr. Brenan will be informed accordingly, and instructed that the assurance and authorisation suggested in the third paragraph of his telegram must not be given. \n\n## Enclosure in (C)\n\n### Mr. Brenan to Sir Austen Chamberlain\n\n**(Received May 6.)** \n**(No. 32.)** \n**(Telegraphic.)** \n\nCanton (via Hong Kong), May 6, 1927. \n\nCOLONIAL OFFICE telegram to Hong Kong of 3rd May. Although General Li Chai-sum is at present the outstanding person in Canton, he is by no means an all-powerful dictator. He is still nominally the subordinate of Chiang, and cannot ignore Kuo Min-tang. I fear, therefore, it is useless to expect from him the declaration suggested by Governor of Hong Kong. \n\nI do not suggest we should supply him with arms or encourage British firms to enter into credit transactions, but only that he be given facilities to buy for cash at reasonable rates in Hong Kong or through Hong Kong agents. I quite agree that we should regard Chiang's faction with caution. They are not friendly to us, and we may yet have to deal drastically with them, but in the meantime they are undoubtedly fighting our battle by attacking Communists and Soviet agents. They have just searched Soviet consul's mails in Canton and found incriminating documents. If they are forced to compromise with Communists because we prevent them from getting arms we may look for renewal of anti-British boycott in this province, whereas trade prospects are now improving. \n\nGeneral Li Chai-sum is attempting to obtain a consignment of arms, ammunition and explosives through a German firm. German agent has given me particulars and stated that he can import these from Scandinavian countries by a Norwegian ship provided shipment will not be stopped by British, and he asked attitude of His Majesty's Government in view of anti-Communist movement. He also wished to insure with a British company. I could only reply that, provided that the ship did not enter British waters, consignment was not likely to be stopped. As it is difficult to avoid British ports, this is unsatisfactory, and risk of seizure makes transactions unattractive except at high price. In the present circumstances can I give assurance that consignment for Li Chai-sum will not be seized en route and authorise British insurance company to cover risk? \n\nCanton naval authorities also wish to order from Arnhold and Co. eight motor-boats with Thornycroft engines and wireless for pirate prevention, and have offered attractive terms for payment. I have told agent that there is no objection provided that no armament is supplied, but if you do not approve please telegraph immediately, as the matter is urgent. \n\nAnti-foreign movement was not contemplated when Arms Agreement was concluded. Latter, like all co-operative schemes in China, has proved a sorry farce from British point of view and is now definitely dangerous to our interests. We cannot afford to discard any political weapon in present struggle, and should use our control of arms trade, especially in Hong Kong, to our own advantage. \n\n**(Repeated to Peking. No. 45, and Hong Kong.)** \n\nPage 60 \nPage 61",
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        "content_text": "## Draft Reply to Mr. Brenan (Canton). 1927.\n\n**Foreign Office, May (Telegraphic.)**\n\nYOUR telegram No. 32: Supply of arms for General Li Chai-sum. We cannot give assurance regarding special treatment at British ports for German consignment of arms for General Li. This would constitute a departure from our arms embargo policy and from our policy of strict neutrality in Chinese civil war.\n\nAs recently as last March we confiscated at Singapore shipment of gunpowder for Tsinanfu arsenal; and we have just refused any material help to Chang Tso-lin in his anti-Red campaign.\n\nTo help General Li in way suggested would stultify our general policy; nor is there any guarantee that these arms would not eventually be used in anti-Northern campaign, or even against our own troops at Shanghai.\n\nThere is no objection to sale of unarmed motor boats. Please repeat to Peking and Hong Kong.",
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        "content_text": "## 73\n\nMr. E. J. Harding, Sir C. Strachey, Sir J. Shuckburgh, Sir G. Grindle, Sir C. Davis, Sir S. Wilson, Mr. Ormsby-Gore, Lord Lovat, and Mr. Amery.\n\n**DRAFT**\n\nIn Mr. Amery's opinion, recommending facilities for the supply of arms to Li Chai-sum would be tantamount to providing evidence for the charge that HMG were conniving at the breach of the China Arms Embargo Agreement. This, he considers, would constitute a dangerous precedent which would hurt and embarrass HMG in the maintenance of the Agreement.\n\nMr. Amery concurs with Mr. Brenan and Sir C. Clementi in considering that facilities for the supply of arms given to Li Chai-sum should be withheld, notwithstanding that a public declaration of good intentions is likely obtainable. He considers it safer to act at once.",
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        "content_text": "75 \n\nThe supply of arms and ammunition might be held to involve either a breach of or withdrawal from the China Arms Embargo Agreement which H.M.G. desire strictly to enforce, and might, further, be regarded as inconsistent with the established policy of preserving a neutral attitude towards the contending factions in China. On examination, however, it appears to him that it would be possible to adopt the Govr's proposal, at least in a modified form, without impairing publicly the principles on which the existing policy is based.\n\n5. It is, of course, clear that if any substantial quantity of arms were placed immediately at Li-Chai-Sum's disposal, considerable risks would be run, since there would be no guarantee beyond the General's personal assurance that the arms would, in fact, be used in maintaining order",
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        "content_text": "76\n\norder in Kwangtung. This objection, could, \nhowever, be overcome by granting only \nsmall supplies of arms at intervals and \nby making the delivery of each consignment \ncontingent on H.M. Consul General being \nsatisfied that Li-Chai-Sum was, in fact, \ncarrying out the intentions expressed \nin the proposed declaration, and was \nmaintaining order and making serious efforts to suppress \npiracy and brigandage in the Province. \nIt would, of course, be understood, \nthat these small consignments of arms \nwould be delivered through a shipping \ncompany or other intermediary, and \nnot direct from Govt. sources.\n\n6. \n\nIt appears to Mr. Amery that \nthe adoption of this procedure would \nnot constitute a breach of the China \nArms Embargo Agreement, since the transaction could legitimately be described \nas involving only the supply of arms \nto the established authority in Canton \nfor police purposes, and not for use \nin the Civil War, and as such could be \nregarded as outside the scope of the \nAgreement.",
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        "content_text": "See end 2 \n\nIn `15074/26` \n\n77 \n\nAgreement. I am, moreover, to invite \n**Sir Austen Chamberlain's attention to** \nthe fact that provision already exists \nfor authorising supplies of arms in \nspecial cases, notwithstanding the terms \nof the China Arms Embargo Agreement, \nsince the King's Regulations made in \n1919 in pursuance of the Agreement \ncontain the following reservation - \n\"Nothing in these Regulations shall \nbe deemed to prohibit any transaction \nauthorised by a written license granted \nby H.M. Minister.\" \n\n7B. \n\nMoreover \n\nMr. Amery is, therefore, of \nthe opinion that the supply of arms \nin this manner need not be considered \nto involve a departure from H.M.G.'s \npolicy of neutrality towards the \ncontending factions. General Li-Chai-Sum is understood to have been in \ncontrol of Canton for some months, \nand appears now to have succeeded in \nconsolidating his position there. \nThere is no question, therefore, of assisting \nhim",
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        "content_text": "80\n\nthe considerations urged in respect of  \nFrance and Japan should not be held to  \napply with equal force to H.M.G. in  \nrespect of Kwangtung.\n\nQ.\n\nFinally, I am to invite attention  \nto recent correspondence with H.M. Minister  \nat Peking in regard to the supply of  \nVickers aeroplanes to Chang Tso-Lin.  \nIt is understood that in response to  \nSir M. Lampson's representations the  \nsupply of these aeroplanes has now been  \nsanctioned, but that while it is clear  \nthat they will, in fact, be used for  \nmilitary purposes, they have been described  \nas commercial, in order that there  \nmay be no conflict with the terms of  \nthe China Arms Embargo Agreement. If  \nthe supply of aeroplanes to a Northern  \nGeneral under a specious disguise of  \nthis nature is not regarded as improper,  \nMr. Amery can see no reason why the  \ndespatch of arms to a Southern General  \nfor police purposes should not be  \nregarded as equally legitimate.\n\n9.",
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        "content_text": "## 81\n\n10. In short, it appears to Mr. Amery that the adoption of the Govr.'s proposal in the form suggested above, would not constitute a breach of the China Arms Embargo Agreement, would not involve a reversal of the established policy of neutrality in China, and even if known would not be objected to by other Powers, at least two of which follow the same principle. Moreover, the proposal can scarcely be distinguished in principle from the concessions already granted to a Northern General. In view of these considerations, and of the importance to Hong Kong of preserving harmonious relations with Canton, I am to commend the proposal to Sir Austen Chamberlain's favourable consideration.\n\n10.\n\nA copy of this letter is being sent to the Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry and Committee of Imperial Defence.\n\nI am,\netc.,\n(sd) G. Grindle",
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        "content_text": "## DECYPHER TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies\n\nDated 6th May, 1927.\n\n(Received, Colonial Office, 6.55 p.m. 6th May, 1927).\n\n88\n\nAddressed to Secretary of State for the Colonies repeated to Peking No.85 and Canton Arms Embargo.\n\nMy telegram of 6th May. Feld German merchant of Canton saw Colonial Secretary on 6th May and stated that he had been approached on behalf of Lichaisum for supply of arms. He is prepared to supply but cannot do business without insurance which he cannot effect unless Hong Kong Government guarantees that no British action will be taken provided that the vessel conveying the arms does not enter British waters.\n\nFeld further said he did not wish the arms to fall into the hands of the Communist faction. If therefore Communists are again in power in Canton when the arms arrive he wishes to have place of safety for the arms and would be prepared to bring them in to Hong Kong for seizure provided I can give him assurance that the arms will not be forfeited but will be allowed to be re-exported to a non-Chinese destination.\n\nGerman Consul here saw the Colonial Secretary and appears to have instructions to abide by Arms Embargo Convention and seemed to have doubt as to how far his Government would countenance Feld's transaction though the arms are said to be not coming from Germany.\n\nD.N.I.",
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        "content_text": "## TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies\n\nDated 6th May, 1927.\n\n(Received, Colonial Office, 8.30 a.m. 6th May, 1927).\n\nAddressed to Secretary of State for the Colonies repeated to Peking No.34 Canton.\n\nArms embargo. My telegram of 27th April.\n\nPortuguese Consul General called to see me to-day at the request of the Governor of Macao who had received request from General Lichaisum for arms and ammunition accompanied by offer that if request were granted all Reds and strikers now causing anxiety to the Macao Government would be driven away from Lappa and Portuguese frontier.\n\nThe Governor of Macao asked for my opinion and said that he would in this matter follow the policy of Hong Kong Government.\n\nI replied that Lichaisum had also asked the British Authorities for arms and ammunition; that in my opinion arms embargo was injurious to Hong Kong and Macao but that I did not think that it should be relaxed in favour of Lichaisum unless he publicly declared his intention to suppress all anti-foreign manifestations, to respect foreign treaty rights pending negotiation in proper form of revised treaties, and to suppress piracy and brigandage; and that in any case decision would have to be taken in London and Lisbon and not by the Governor of Macao and myself locally.\n\nPortuguese Consul-General said that the Governor of Macao would doubtless telegraph similar views to Lisbon and meanwhile postpone definite answer to Lichaisum.",
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        "content_text": "## DECYPHER TELEGRAM from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies\n\n(Dated 27th April 1927)\n(Received Colonial Office 9.20 a.m. 27th April, 1927.)\n\nFor `15074/26`\n\nAddressed to Secretary of State for the Colonies repeated to Peking No.33 and Canton. Arms embargo. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6 of my despatch secret 28th June 1926. Brenan informs me that General Li Chai Sum now dictator at Canton sent for Commander Fitzgerald Senior Naval Officer West River on 25th April and asked for assistance in obtaining rifle and other ammunition. Li Chai Sum said that Russian supply was cut off and he needed renewal of his stocks to deal with red counter attack. Brenan agreed with me that arms embargo has merely operated to help Chinese who rely on Russia and hamper their opponents. He considers that if Communism is to be fought in China the Chinese themselves must do it and that we should be extremely foolish to handicap men who are trying to do it; also that if we assist Li Chai Sum we shall have the same hold over him as the Russians had over his predecessors.\n\nI have consulted Southorn, Kemp, and Hallifax. We consider that if Li Chai Sum will publicly declare his intention to suppress all anti-foreign and particularly anti-British manifestations in territory he controls and further that he will respect foreign treaty rights pending negotiation in proper form of revised treaties and also that he will suppress piracy and brigandage notably that emanating from Bias Bay then we should relax arms embargo which has again been shown to work against our interests.",
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        "content_text": "## CLOSED UNTIL 1929\n\nNo. 62703\n\n**SUBJECT**\nPrevious `52703/28`\nSubsequent `72731/30`\n\n| Location | Topic |\n| --- | --- |\n| Hong Kong |  |\n| China | Arms Embargo |\n\n**FILE C**\n`85065` 780/13 5,000 7/48 N.M.Ltd.\n\nN `101`\n`20129/512/3`",
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        "content_text": "# DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE\n\n14.1.29  \nF.O. definitely lay down that Commercial aircraft are not covered by the Embargo.\n\nThe point recently arose in connection with supplies to Canton and it was decided that Ellis may allow aircraft to be supplied.\n\n18.1.29  \nExcerpt from Peking Tel. No. 15 and Shanghai Tel. No. 32 - the Peking Govt. lived on $2707.\n\n19.1.29  \nSup/16/1  \nF.O.  \nKB 15  \n\n7. F.O.  \n**DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE**  \nFromance of arms. Bulgaria included.\n\n4.1.29  \nCares, with illegal's accomplices for China.\n\n19.1.29  \nDaily ...",
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        "content_text": "## F.O.\n**DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE**  \n30.1.29  \n\nPaking dest. 1831 of 23.9.25  \n\nThis refers to an earlier proposal that the Arms Embargo should be abandoned or at any rate considerably modified. It is presumably sent in view of the reference in No.4.  \n\nThe last sentence of Mr. Ashton Gwatkin's memorandum suggests that even in the F.O. there are some who think that the Cantonese were estranged by our refusal to help them in 1923.  \n\n? put by.  \n\n## 4. Copy Peking Tel Kho.125  \n**DESTROYED UNDER STATUL**  \nCined a 62707  \nPut by  \n\n## 5. Comp  \n2.2.29  \n1003  \n2  \n8·2·29  \n12.2·29",
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        "content_text": "# \n\n7. F.O.\n\n12.2.29 \n\n4 \n\nChinese Orders for naval material from U.K.\n\n? Put by \n\n7. Come \n\n19.2.29 \n\n1003 \n\n13 aloud, Gor. Tel. (Pona) \n\nAbolition of embargo.\n\n13.2.29 \n\nin this. I think we can certainly support Hong Kong.\n\nAs regards the last sentence, I presume this refers to the new proposal to supply launches for anti-piracy work, see telegrams to Peking No.118 and No. 128 on `52818/28`. It appears that the American, French, and Italian Governments are objecting. We have not, however, heard anything about this and I think we might ask the Foreign Office if they have any information.\n\nDraft to Foreign Office submitted for consideration.\n\nQ Kat we shet definitely aper Support the For's attack Embays.\n\nBeau 2072 \n\n5. Come on the Arms \n\n19.2.29 ∙`M 20/2` \n\nYes. The Embargo has landed us in trouble Elsewhere.\n\nG.G. 20.4.29",
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        "content_text": "## DESTROY \n1/F.O. \n**STATUTE** \n25.2.21 \n\nPeking Desp. 1489 of 29.11.28 \n**DESTROY** \n**UNDER STATUTE** \nby \n? for days f \n6 \n\n28.2.29 \n17. F.O. \n**VETO** \n1.3.29 \nProposed shipments to Mukden. \n18. Copy Peling Tel. 175 of 17.2.29 (not augl_61707) \n? Par by \nCopy marked passage of 15.6... \n62734 (supply of ...) \nDone. \nbe pur... \nCo... \n... \nCouran) As is this, see 8 \n5. Cue \n02 \n4alom \n2.3.29",
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        "content_text": "## \n19. Gby Peking Tel. 175 of 2-3 \n20. F.O. 13.3.24 \n\nProposed instructions to 514 1.6.. \nSeeks C.O. Concurrence. \n21. Lee Ion P. 2. File \n(clayed for collection of 1922 ph.) \n\nWe have always been opposed to the China Arms Embargo; Hong Kong have opposed it because it is primary interest of Hong Kong that there should be a stable and friendly government in Canton. The Government of Canton cannot be stable if it cannot get arms to maintain itself, and it will not be friendly if we prevent it obtaining those arms. Hong Kong therefore has always itched to supply arms to any Cantonese government likely to be friendly towards them. \n\nIf the embargo is abandoned the position will be that British nationals will be able to supply arms to the recognised authorities in China, and in the present state of affairs that means that we shall be able to supply the Cantonese Government, which, although owing a nominal allegiance to Nanking, is, in practice, semi-independent. Difficulties may, of course, arise if there is an open split between Nanking and the Kuang si group, which controls Canton and Wuhan. If that should happen we should presumably, having recognised the Nanking Government, have to treat Canton as a rebel government. However, despite many rumours, the split has not taken place yet, and we must hope that the differences between the various factions will be removed without a conflict.",
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        "content_text": "## A\n\nThe fact that a number of provinces including, I understand, Kuantung, have contributed quotas for the service of the salt loans is one encouraging fact.\n\nWe have on previous occasions urged the abandonment of the embargo (see, e.g., `15074/26`, and again recently, No.9 on this file).\n\nThere can therefore hardly be any question of our concurring in the Foreign Office proposals. The Naval Equipment Agreement naturally goes with the Arms Embargo, Draft submitted concurring.\n\n## Q\n\n(We have, of course, clearly diverted ourselves of a subsidiary expediency under The Embargo, i.e., seizing at H.K. & Singapore any arms destined for China, because the law officers have viewed such seizures as contrary to international law)\n\nSee also P.Q. file\n\n19.3.29\n16.5.29\nIngen Mr 16/3\n22 To F.O-20 and - 16.3.29 Conf\n23. Copy 22 to \n`Admy`\n`wd`\n`10`\n`0.0.`\n`AM`\n`DOT`\n`AT`\n\ncarf. 18 Mch cof\n\n**DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE**",
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        "content_text": "the Foreign Office proposals as regards the abolition of the Arms Embargo. Dominions Office are presumably still consulting the Dominions. In the meanwhile some doubts have arisen as to the desirability of terminating the Embargo in view of the new outbreak of War. On the whole I do not think this is sufficient reason for varying the policy proposed as it appears that the fighting will be of short duration, and if we confine the supply of arms to the Central Government it should be a real hindrance to the revolt of any other provinces.\n\nAt first sight I thought perhaps they were being unnecessarily apprehensive, but it appears under the Barcelona Convention that they could not prevent arms intended for China being landed and warehoused in Hong Kong and later sent on. I do not see how this can be avoided but it may be hoped that the situation will not arise. No action on the telegram seems to be necessary.\n\nAs regards No.30 it will be seen that Hong Kong are a little disturbed lest, in view of our decision about the discontinuing of seizures, they may be used as a depot for the supply of arms to rebel Governments.\n\nPeking's reply will still be forbidden. But we must wait for their reply.\n\nPage 10\nPage 11",
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        "content_text": "## \n1. Refer to the C.O. before taking any action - if any.\n\n5. J. Lu \n64.29 \n10132 6/4 \nSof Phily \n\nThere is a general international obligation binding on H. Majesty to protect the rights/lives of subjects in relation to their aims against the Chinese Govt which is less recognized. \n2. If so, determine the obligation our.\n\nenriches the discussion concerning (the matter of interference). They apply this doctrine in time to the present situation, as is honest not.\n\nrecognized the rebels as belligerents. If or it is the duty of H. Majesty to be taken subsequent. Hays be fulfills the obligation.\n\nwhich would be the steps among the powers now in question for demanding the countrymen.\n\nBaron de life allowed tile cefatis from Willing to Canton.\n\nWeller D. Ellis",
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        "content_text": "In alleging a duty not to translate \"Micre\" (presumably a proper noun or term that is not clear) into another language, the discussion revolves around international obligation.\n\nIt is mentioned that an obligation of the kind imposed on another state is not recognized under international law. For instance, if a state recognizes misuse by provinces as belligerents, it is according to international law under no obligation to prevent its subjects from supplying (at their own risk) contraband to insurgent provinces. I do not see how it can have such an obligation to the parent state if it fails to accord recognition to the insurgents. But perhaps you will consult telegram No. 30 dated 2/4/29 from SJS.\n\nThe advice is that there is no international obligation to forbid the Hong Kong government from dealing with the Chinese factions, which would be outside the **Barretora Convention**. It will offer that the **Hollay fort** must allow such belligerents to grant priority to one or another contestant if trading is lifted, and it was concurred in by H. Hong on May 17.\n\n`1.G.2.449`",
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        "content_text": "I have not included in the draft any reference to the lifting of the embargo as the difficulty at Hong Kong has strictly nothing to do with that but arises out of our instructions based on the Law Officers' Opinion, to discontinue all seizures of arms and explosives immediately.\n\n11.4.29\n\n333\n\nTo D.O. from C.F.S. Secret of 27.3.19\nCofy Desk. to 4.F.S.\n\nDESTROYED VALE UTATUJE \nRESTROVLE \n3/5. F.O. \n5.4.29\n\nComes with Chinese Ambassador \n3/6 Copy Peking Tel. 2970/ 8.4. Oyla \n62707\n\n34 - Consultation of Dear. I was to understand D.O. have told F.O. to reply to 36 having received no alijim from Doans.\n\n20 \nSon \nPlot by \n5. Cam \n12.4.29\n\n$7.64y Tol. 5 Peking 1460/10.47 me $7. Ghy \n3/8.\n\nPage 147 \n62707",
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        "content_text": "## DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE\n\nIt now appears that the Powers will be able to agree to retire jointly from the Arms Embargo Agreement. Our policy after that is discussed in Nos.38 and 39. The new position will apparently be that arms may legally be imported into China if approved by the Central Government (or by provincial Governments if the Central Government allows them that authority).\n\nThe question arises whether the Chinese should be left to enforce this restriction themselves or whether we should assist them by prohibiting the export of arms either by British subjects or from British territory unless authorised by the Chinese Government. The requisite machinery for preventing if necessary the export of arms from this country exists in the Prohibition Order of 1921, and similar local legislation exists in the Straits and Hong Kong. Sir M. Lampson proposes, however, to defer consideration of this and we are, therefore, not called upon to take any action immediately.\n\nThe other question of whether we ought to try and prevent Hong Kong being used as a depot for illicit arms traffic to China must, in the first place, await the Foreign Office reply to No.33. This is in fact the important thing so far as Hong Kong and the Straits are concerned as they do not themselves manufacture any arms and are only concerned with arms passing through them.\n\n`M122/4`",
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        "content_text": "## \nCopy Peking telegram of 19.4.29. (No. 345:) MATUTE DE 4/4. 16\n\n19.4.29. (No. 342) 45? from 7.0. (F.1853/120/10 of 19.4.29) knarliam ab Story Kony Jains explains in transit to China.\n\n43. ? Put by. The Embargo 44. with Nam to be cancelled affect from April 26th. naval equipment agreement no longer needed from April 19th had a Hong Kong has Elegra \n\n45. ? Part by ✓ copy of this Now inform G.O.C. accordingly. (1 arm not pure Communication in Wetter.) pe dft for to tow. Shelter than 6h by Tiley MEGAM ✔ 6. Lathang warn 22.4.29. tel come on 284 Ift. hamwith. I have marked it \"Code\" \"\" perhaps it is not sufficiently sent Gwarant expless.\n\n6. We shangwere 22.4.29. 7th make of a sue \n\n## \n27.4",
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        "content_text": "## Telegram to Peking, No. 161 (R) of 22.4.25\n\nThere is nothing lost or delayed - but \nSam spact Ad of Trade \nI'm \nwith forced to make an offer fobidding the export fans \nU. to China from the U.K. so that \nin the month worry on \nto able to roughly \nam sure \nMe unhappy \nBritish \ntariff- \nmarasul. \nWill D Ellis Hef for \nAnd vary \n247 \nwe should tell \nSingapore & Ceylon \nG.G. \n24: \n4-23 \nfor. tel. \n25 april 29 \n23.4.28.\n\nP.7.0. \nDESTROYER UNDER STA \nYo \n46. \n44/7 \nF.O. \nDESTROYER",
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        "content_text": "## \n17 \n\n? Inform dir G. Gundlach by cipher telegram of 24.4.46, and then inform Ceylon Dept. that Colony.\n\n46, witte Straits by 4 \n\nRain 47 on circulated for information in 62707 D. 46. 47.\n\n? put by. 6. Lathangways. 21. 4 29.\n\nI submit off tel to IK asking them to repeat HK our bel of 25.4.46 to Ceylon ostaits. If tell herewith to Gylon Shaits 57K Gut.",
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        "content_text": "## DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE\n2 \n\nIn Her Majesty's \n\nStores \n\n2-65 \n\n50 \n\nD.O. Corby \n\n53. Fo. \n\n18 \n\nTransferred \n\n6063001 \n\nTel. for Newfoundland of 12.4.29 \n16.7 \n\nPeking dispatch 229 of \ndarh.289 \n24·4.29 \n13.2.29 \n\n### Termination of Chinese Arms Embargo\n\n| Date | Event | Reference |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 5/4 | Bocca Tigris forts |  |\n| 25·4.25 | City Peking | Tel.370 of 28.4 |\n| 29.4 |  | 373\" on 62707 |\n\n$4 has not apparently been referred to H.K. Govt. We have told them (and Straits and Ceylon) that the repeal of the Embargo has been authorised.\n\nQ what reply say would ...\n\nGF.D.-968 5. Sus by 52-55 \n\nSee over\n\nsh0 see $4. Allient.\n\njas. 6/5/29 \n\nallow \n\n5. \neine 304.29 \nShang King \nTel 12. \nup to Fo Ak Tel \n\n4 \n\nSkippens of thems \n\non yes \nG \n$4 \nhealy say \nworl \nbut",
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        "content_text": "## \nle. Chanson Ju \n\nif Copies of these \nthe may \n47 \nand 54 \nwere \n1 \nI would be convinced. \nattached to `61013/29` Sen. \nhave to send a \nCircular to Colonies, of \n1 Circular of 26 Jan 21, though Colonies other than \nHong Kong, Ceylon & Straits (which have been informed) \nare \nnot much concerned. \nGeneral action at present \n`Sun. 61013/29` \nhas fallen still-born. I think with \nthat we can leave this to \nbe dealt with on the spot \ntill questions arise. \n\n8-15629 \n3.4. M. Clauson \nG. L. \n56. \n56. F.O. \n**DESTROYED UNDER STA** \n6/5/29 \n9.5.29 \nCopy letter to Wlages \nAs \n? purely. \nregards the. Smith's \nth. Clauson's minutes \nminutes also I \nam \nNot clear at \nwhat \nstage they \nWhich General \naction may \nbe necessary. \nAs \na circular is \nto be \nsent The \npresent seems \nthe \nbest appropriate time \n5. Came \nagreed & course for GD \nto \n10.5.29 \nas \ndecide but note that a circular was sent in \n1921 about the imposition of the \nembargo, \nasked to take definite action, \nit \nis \nreasonable \n& \nsecure \nthat they sh'd...",
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        "content_text": "## Page 20\nonce be Ford that the embargo is oft & their action. Therefore, were done as all on 57.5.0. $87.0 5% F.O be discontinued. I would rather this general pp, Brent 10-5- As regards General action See munk on 61015 1 God. 39 Gen. JA. Smith 14/132/27/29 २५.5.29 Caves, with Franch Ambarsuder Copy covespes with Elen hine htd.\n\n## Page 21\n574 ? Pur Y 98. Th. Toller spoke to laur The love sentence. The in practice was far in because معام local lawns forliceding exter of including gowns valid altho' we 1 M housed are will. have instructed H.K. 49.5. not to act n ? Party 30 alowe 1hem, 5. Come 30.5-29 $450 59.F.O. 59 **DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE** 66. F.O.",
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        "content_text": "## Sector \n16.29 \ndirectly to China \nAssotiate about arms \nArms for Junnan Cont. \n\n18.6.29 \nDESTROYER ANCO CITUTE \nF.O. \n19.6.29 same \n26.6.28 \nArms for Gumman fr. \n27.6.28 \nAbrogation of China Arms Embargo. \n\n| 60 | ? Put by. | \n| 61 | ? Put by. | V. Lathangwer \n| 28 | 6.2 | 28 | ahm",
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        "content_text": "## F.O. 6,3 \n### 63. F.O. 沁 \n\n**Termination of embargo.** \n\n1 Path. 28.6.29 V. Lythansons achut 4.6.4. (? aan 22 \n\nExport of arms to China in The 4.7.29. Anns Export Pln order in vol. altd. (which should be stunned possible.) 1 \n\nLibrary carly Put by. 6. Wethanyours. Mhand & 6. 1.4. who し",
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        "content_text": "## 6/4. F.D.(F.3463/120/10)\n\nCancellation of Gurbango.\n\n**DESTROYED UNDER STATUTE**\n\na \n4.9.29 \n\nFiled with conf. papers \nPunish \nEC \n19.9.29 almer",
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        "content_text": "In any further communication on this subject, please quote \nNo. F1604/20 \nand address - not to any person by name, but to \n'The Under-Secretary of State,' Foreign Office, London, S.W. 1.\n\n6370?\n\nTHE Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his \ncompliments to The Officer \nadministering the Government \nof \nHong Kong \nand, by direction of the Secretary of State, \ntransmits herewith copy of the under-mentioned paper.\n\nForeign Office, \n24 April \n, 1929.\n\n## Reference to previous correspondence: \n| Description of Enclosure | Name and Date | Subject |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| H.M. Minister, Peking | Dispatch No.229 of 13 July 1929 | Termination of China Arms Embargo |\n\n14-18814 B 2/29 (2)\n\nSimilar letter sent to ... \n\n`XCR(85)72` is not present, but `14-18814 B 2/29 (2)` is a file reference.",
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        "content_text": "Copy.\n\n(`#404/180/18`)\n\n`Ee. 289 (9/10)`\n\n45\n\n25\n\nHis Majesty's Minister, Peking, presents his compliments to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and transmits herewith three enclosures, the aforementioned date.\n\nPeking.\n\n18th February, 1929.\n\n## Reference to previous correspondence\n\nTelegram to Foreign Office No. 125 of 8th February 1929.\n\n| Name and Date | Description of Enclosure |\n| --- | --- |\n| H.M. Minister's letter of 7th February 1929 | Subject: Arms Embargo, copy to Mr. Newton, Tokyo. |",
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        "content_text": "Enclosure in P/L despatch to Foreign Office No. 829 (9/10) of 18/8/29\n\nFebruary 7th, 1929.\n\n26\n\nAt my request the Senior Minister called an informal meeting today to discuss the Arms Embargo, which was attended by himself, the American and Italian Ministers, the Japanese and French Chargés d'Affaires, and me. He did not, however, disclose that he did so on my initiative. He said he understood some of us had been wondering whether the moment had not come when the Arms Embargo should be terminated, taking the line that it had in fact never been really effective save in a few cases, but more especially in that of Great Britain. He definitely was in favour of termination and had asked us to meet thus informally in order to see whether we all agreed, in which case he would summon a regular meeting of the Diplomatic Body with a view to getting the thing through.\n\nAsked my view, I said that I had in fact been in correspondence with London and had received the definite expression of view that the time had come to consider the termination of the Embargo Agreement; and I had been authorised to discuss the matter with my interested Colleagues with a view to getting up definite recommendations. I reminded the meeting that under the original Note addressed by the then Senior Minister, Sir John Jordan, to the Chinese Government on May 5th, 1919, it had been stated that the signatories had agreed effectively to restrain their subjects and citizens from exporting to or importing into China arms and munitions of war, etc., etc., etc. Until the establishment of a Government whose authority was recognised throughout the whole country...' Now that we had practically all of us signed treaties with the Nanking Government, thereby recognising it 'de jure' as the Government...",
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        "content_text": "27 \n\naf chime, it seemed to me anomalous and illegitimate that we should \ncontinue to maintain the arms embargo. \n\nfavour of its cancellation. \n\n1100 \n\nMr. MacMurray said that he had consulted his Govern-\nment and, somewhat to his surprise, had received almost un-\nequivocal instruction to vote for cancellation as soon as \npossible. At the same time, it had occurred to him personally \nthat it would be very desirable, in connection with the Sup-\nplementary Naval Agreement to which some of us were parties, \nthat we should try and eliminate future ill-will arising out \nof any competition in regard to the supply of naval armament. \n**He understood that so far as an exchange of information between the Powers \nwas concerned, this danger was already eliminated by the pro-\nvisions of Article 1 of the Naval Agreement, whereby the signatories undertook to keep one another informed of \nany orders placed by foreign governments. But as regards \nnaval armaments, etc., the position was not the same, \nhe had no objection that he was speaking personally \nwithout any instructions to the effect that it might be desirable \nthat the various governments should undertake to keep one \nanother informed of any agreement with \nthem for the supply of naval armaments, etc., on the understanding only to take place when any agreement with the \nChinese was actually under negotiation during the next few months. \n\nThe French Chargé d'Affaires, taking up Mr. MacMurray's \nlast point, enquired what the position would be supposing \norders were placed by the Chinese at once. \nTo which \nMr. MacMurray replied that he believed that point was already \ncovered by Article 16 of the Washington Naval Agreement. \n\nRegarding the main proposal - the termination of the \nArms Embargo \n- the Japanese Chargé d'Affaires said he was \nnot optimistically inclined. \nIt was true that Japan, by \nher recent exchange of notes, had virtually recognised the \nNanking...",
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        "content_text": "# です \n\nThe Senior Minister was informed that the Japanese Minister had telegraphed the Hanking Government, but he himself doubted whether that government was effective and he wondered whether it would not be better to wait until he saw the result of the Disbandment Conference at present being held in Hanking.\n\nThe Senior Minister observed that in that case it seemed better to wait until we knew what the Japanese Government's attitude was before proceeding further. It was no use bringing the whole Diplomatic Body together until we at this meeting were clear as to our respective positions.\n\nThe French Chargé d'affaires said he would like to take this opportunity to mention the embarrassing position in which he found himself. The question of the protection of French interests in Yunnan, and more especially on the Yunnan Railway, had again come to the fore, and he had in his pocket a request from his Government that the other parties signatory to the Arms Embargo Agreement should agree to the supply to the Yunnan authorities of a further consignment of rifles and ammunition. Such applications had been made in the past and agreed to, but in the present instance he knew, by prior consultation with the American Minister, that the latter would not be able to agree to this application if put forward to the Diplomatic Body, and consequently he had hitherto refrained from doing so.\n\nMeantime, there was a British application for the further supply of anti-piracy craft to Canton, and he intimated, somewhat naively, that if America blocked the French supply of rifles to Yunnan it would be difficult for him, Monsieur Roux, not to block the British supply of anti-piracy armament to Canton. However, he saw that this particular question of supplying arms to Yunnan was really covered by the far larger question of the possible abolition of the Arms Embargo, and as to that he imagined that the French Government would probably agree that the time to do away with it had now arrived. He would consult them.\n\nMr. Hori said he would suggest that the Senior Minister",
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        "content_text": "should go ahead with the preparatory work, i.e. drafting the \ndate. \n\nwhilst he, Mr. Mori, consulted the \nnecessary documents with the Japanese government. \n\n29 \n\nTaking advantage of this opening, I said that I had \nbrought with me two rough drafts of the lines on which we \nmight handle the matter. \n\nThe first was a draft note from \nthe Senior Minister to the Minister for Foreign Affairs at \nTokyo, notifying him officially in the name of all the \ninterested powers of the cancellation of the embargo. \n\nThe second was a resolution which might be adopted by all the \nsignatories of the Supplementary Naval Agreement, which \nwould merely be signed by the interested Heads of Legations \nand not communicated to the Chinese. \n\nIn putting in these drafts I made it clear that I did \nnot in any sense seek to dictate to my Colleagues the action \nwhich we should take. The drafts were rather in the nature \nof a rough attempt to give practical shape to what might \neventually become our agreed policy; but for the time being \nthey were clearly premature seeing that we did not know \nwhat Japan's attitude was going to be. \n\nBefore the meeting closed, the Senior Minister asked the \nItalian Minister whether he was in favour of the revocation \nof the Embargo policy, to which the latter signified his \n\n1 \n\nCopies of the drafts (`\"A\"` and `\"B\"`) which I handed to my \nColleagues are attached. \n\n7.2.29.",
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        "content_text": "## SENIOR MINISTER TO DR. C. T. WANG.\n\n30/813.\n\nYour Excellency is no doubt aware that on May 5th, 1919 Sir J. Jordan as Dean of the Diplomatic Body addressed a note to the Government then established in Peking stating that the Governments of Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, the United States, Russia, Brasil, France and Japan had agreed effectively to restrain their subjects and citizens from exporting to or importing into China arms and munitions of war and material destined exclusively for their manufacture, until the establishment of a government whose authority was recognised throughout the whole country.\n\nTo this agreement, known as the Arms Embargo Agreement, the Governments of the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Italy subsequently adhered.\n\nSir J. Jordan's note, of which a copy is enclosed for convenience of reference, makes it clear that the Governments concerned were inspired with a desire to safeguard the interests of China herself at a time when the country was unhappily torn by civil war.\n\nThe situation has now been reconsidered, and with the authority of the representatives in Peking of the Governments concerned, I have the honour to make to you the following communication.\n\nThe Governments of the Netherlands, Belgium, Brasil, Denmark, Spain, the United States, France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan and Portugal, having reviewed the Arms Embargo Agreement of May 5th, 1919 in the light of the changed situation resulting from the establishment of the National Government, consider that there is no longer any reason for the continuance of that agreement.\n\nPage 30\nPage 31",
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        "content_text": "# Enclosure No. 3 in P/L despatch to Foreign Office No. 229 (9/10) of 18/2/29\n\n## ZAM OP THY DIPLOMATIC CORPS TO 441-XIAO PU.\n\nMay 5th, 1919.\n\nSir,\n\nThe Diplomatic Body, in considering the present state of disunion between North and South in China, have been impressed by the fact that the continued possibility of importing military arms and ammunition into the country from abroad could not but exercise a disturbing influence, and as the friendly Powers here represented are firmly determined to discountenance any condition or action which might favour the reversion to hostilities. I am desired by my colleagues to make the following communication to the Chinese Government :-\n\nThe Governments of Great Britain, Spain, Portugal, the United States, Russia, Brazil, France and Japan have agreed effectively to restrain their subjects or citizens from exporting to or importing into China arms and munitions of war and material destined exclusively for their manufacture, until the establishment of a Government whose authority is recognised throughout the whole country, and also to prohibit during the above period the delivery of arms and munitions for which contracts have been already made but not executed.\n\nThe representatives of the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium and Italy, are also in full accord with the above policy, but await the instructions of their respective Governments before announcing the adhesion of the latter.\n\nThe foreign representatives desire to express the earnest hope that the Chinese Government, in keeping with this policy, will, on their part, agree to suspend the issue of permits to import military arms, ammunition, and munitions of war, and will direct the Customs that the introduction of such articles is absolutely prohibited.\n\nI avail, etc..\n\n(signed) \n**J.B. JORDAN**",
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        "content_text": "331\n\nEnglorazo so. 4 in Doayatoh to foreignf100 2/1 10.28) (9/10) 15/8/8\n\nDraft **p**\n\nResolution.\n\nThe representatives of Germany, Belgium, the \nBritain also, the United States of America, Italy, \nAmerica \nJapan and the Netherlands have agreed. In view of the \ntabiniwaont of the cotton sent of China, to regera \nnonnoelled the banking relative to the witho 14ing \n無雜 \nof naval existence from China which was proposed to the \nDiplomatic Body by the United States Minister's \nmemorandum dated January 25th, 1923 and subsequently accepted \non various occasions by those respective governments.",
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        "content_text": "## List of Attendees/References\nMr. Gent 2574 \nMr. Gwell 26 \nMr. Bottomley \nMr. E. J. Harding \nSir J. Shuckburgh \nSir G. Grindle \nSir C. Davis \nSir S. Wilson \nMr. Ormsby-Gore \nLord Lovat \nMr. Amery \n\nCode `DRAFT`. \n`62703/29` \nCased & aut `29 630` for `2614` \n\nReferences to: \n- Gor Colombo \n- Gor. Singapore \n- (ROU: Hong Kong \n- You Let \n- `34 49/51` \n- Are Minister Peking \n\n King's Regulation repealing King's Regulation No. 25 of 1919 regarding China Arms Embargo from 26th April... \nSee `GR1178/1922/32(III)`",
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        "content_text": "## FOREIGN OFFICE.\nS.W.1.\n19th April, 1929.\n\nWith reference to Colonial Office letter No. `62703/29` of the 12th instant regarding the treatment at Hongkong of consignments of arms and explosives in transit to China, I am directed by Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain to state that, provided it is made clear that the instructions to the Governor of the Colony refer only to arms and explosives which can reasonably be regarded as \"in transit\", Sir Austen Chamberlain concurs in the proposed instructions.\n\n2. If these instructions are sent by telegram, Sir Austen Chamberlain will be glad if the Governor of Hongkong may be asked to repeat them to His Majesty's Minister at Peking.\n\nI am,\nSir,\nYour obedient Servant,\n**E. Aswin-Crookin**\n\nIn any further communication on the subject, please quote \n`1853/120/10` \nand address to \"The Under-Secretary of State,\" Foreign Office, London, S. W. 1, but not to any person by name.\n\nThe Under-Secretary of State,\nColonial Office.",
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        "content_text": "**[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]**\n\n42\n36\n\n`(F.1604/120/10)`\n\n## TO CHINA\n\n**Code telegram to Sir M. Lampson (Peking)**\n\n**Foreign Office, April 17th 1929. 5.45 p.m.**\n\n**(R)**\n\n**No.152**\n\n**IMMEDIATE**\n\nYour despatch No.229 of February 13th. **China Arms Embargo**.\n\nDraft A, The Netherlands do not appear to be a party to the 1919 agreement - see my despatch No.404 of 1928.\n\nIn paragraph 5 \"Great Britain\" should be altered to \"the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\". No similar amendment is required in paragraph 1, as the phrase there is only a citation from the 1919 agreement.\n\nDraft D should be amended to read \"the representatives of Germany, Belgium, His Britannic Majesty, etc.\".",
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        "content_text": "## DRAFT. Cazan-gee minate\n\n**THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, FOREIGN OFFICE.**\n\n62703/29. H.K. 33 37\n\nDowning Street, 2 April, 1929.\n\nSir,\n\nI am directed to refer to telegrams Nos. 268 and 269 of the 30th of March from His Majesty's Minister at Peking regarding the seizure of arms and explosives in transit to China at Hong Kong.\n\n2. Mr. Amery is advised that there is no international obligation forbidding Hong Kong to allow the supply of arms to the Chinese factions which would override the Barcelona Convention and therefore it would appear that the \n\nMr. Caine | 11T4\nMr. Beckett | 1114\nMr. Ellis | \nMr. Bottomley. \nSir E. Harding. \nSir J. Shuckburgh. \nSir G. Grindle. \nSir Q. Davis. \nSir S. Wilson. \nMr. Ormsby-Gore. \nLord Lovat. \nMr. Amery.",
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        "content_text": "37A\n\nthe Hong Kong Government must allow \nsuch consignments to proceed freely. \nHe would be glad to learn whether \nSecretary Sir Austen Chamberlain \nconcurs in instructions being issued \nto the Governor of Hong Kong \naccordingly.\n\nI am, \netc., \n(Val). Woster Dollis → \n**Corrected to:**\n37A\n\nThe Hong Kong Government must allow such consignments to proceed freely. He would be glad to learn whether Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain concurs in instructions being issued to the Governor of Hong Kong accordingly.\n\nI am, \netc., \n(Val). Woster Dollis \n\n**Final Version:**\n37A\n\nThe Hong Kong Government must allow such consignments to proceed freely. He would be glad to learn whether Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain concurs in instructions being issued to the Governor of Hong Kong accordingly.\n\nI am, etc., (Val). Woster Dollis",
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        "content_text": "# [This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.\n\n62702\n\nFrom CHINA.\n\nDecode.\n\nSir M. Lampson, (Peking),\n\n30th March 1929.\n\nD.\n\nR.\n\n3rd April 1929.\n\n32\n\n3P\n\n**No. 269. (R)**\n\nAddressed to Hongkong No.26.\n\nYour telegram No.6 of March 22nd, (Peking to Foreign Office No. 268.)\n\nI understand that system referred to, under which His Majesty's Consuls in South China ports counter-sign Chinese permits for importation from Hongkong into China of explosives and munitions, ante-dates, and was in origin unconnected with arms embargo understanding having been devised to assist Government of Hongkong to control this trade. So far as I am aware it has no legal basis.\n\nIt would therefore appear to be a matter for Your Excellency's government and Colonial Office to decide whether or not to continue the practice with special reference to cargoes transiting the colony. So far as this Legation is concerned position is governed by King's regulations 25 of 1919 issued with the object of carrying out our obligations under arms embargo agreement of 1919.\n\nRepeated to Foreign Office.",
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        "content_text": "**[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]**\n\nFrom CHINA,\n\nDe code.\n\nSir M. Lampson (Peking)\n\n2nd April 1929.\n\nDo\n\n5.20 p.m.\n\n2nd April 1929.\n\nRec\n\n10.45 a.m.\n\n2nd April 1929.\n\nNo. 279.\n\n(R).\n\nMy telegram No. 175.\n\nOn March 29th Minister for Foreign Affairs asked Consul General Nanking to send me urgent message requesting that arms embargo might be raised.\n\nThis morning I discussed this with Japanese Chargé d'Affaires and United States Minister. United States Minister remains strongly in favour of immediate withdrawal. Now that we have recognised a unified government of China, State Department regard continued embargo as a complete anomaly. He had not been approached direct by Wang as I had been but, if he was, he fancied his government might wish to withdraw forthwith regardless of what others did. I said that apart from question of Japan's attitude there were two ways of looking at the matter in view of present fighting. First, that the time could not be more inopportune to withdraw and that withdrawal would cause much criticism; second, that now that recognised government were struggling to assert effective control over recalcitrant provinces, it was illogical to prevent their purchasing the sinews of war with which to do so. I could not at present see clearly which was the...\n\nPage 40\nPage 41",
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        "content_text": "## \n40 \n\nthe right line to follow. Japanese Chargé d'Affaires undertook to ascertain Tokyo's views: he thought it might in any case be wise to wait a few days to see which way things turned. If Chiang won the day (and Japanese Military Attaché advised that everything turned on attitude of Feng which was still very doubtful) embargo might reasonably go. If he were beaten, regional strife would start up afresh all over the country and withdrawal was hardly likely to commend itself to Tokyo.\n\nWe have accordingly agreed to wait until he hears from Tokyo. In the meantime have you any directions for me?\n\nAddressed to Foreign Office, repeated Nanking and Shanghai for Mr. Newton, No. 75.",
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        "content_text": "## IMMEDIATE AND CONFIDENTIAL\nDRAFT\n\nDowning Street, 16 March, 1929\n\nSir,\n\nI am directed etc. to acknowledge the receipt of your letter F 1087/120/10 of the 13th of March, regarding the termination of the China Arms Embargo Agreement of 1919.\n\n2. As already indicated in letter No.62703/29 of the 22nd of February\n\nCopy to Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, Dominions Office, India Office, Board of Trade and D.O.T., L.N.F.\n\nMr Caine (5.3.29) 15  \nM. Beckett 15  \nMr. Eclis 15  \nMr. Bollomley  \nSir E. Harding  \nSir J. Shuckburgh  \nSir G. Grindle  \nSir C. Davis  \nSir S. Wilson  \nMr. Ormsby-Gore  \nLord Lovat  \nMr. Amery  \n\n62703/29 Hong Kong  \nS10 16  \n22 41  \nTHE U.S.OF S., FOREIGN OFFICE",
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        "content_text": "## 42 \n\nIn February, Mr. Amery is in full agreement with the proposal that the Arms Embargo should now be abandoned, and I am to request you to inform Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain that he concurs in the instructions it is proposed to issue to Sir Miles Lampson.\n\n3. Copies of this letter are being sent to the Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, Dominions Office, India Office, Board of Trade and Department of Overseas Trade.\n\nI am, etc.\n\n(a) Geoffrey Whickard",
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        "content_text": "## WOOD 22\n\nIn any further communication on this subject, please quote `No. 1087/120/10` and address not to any person by name, but to **The Under-Secretary of State**, Foreign Office, London, S.W.1. Immediate.\n\n**FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1.**  \n13th March, 1929.\n\nSir,\n\nI am directed by Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain to enclose herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, a copy of a telegram from His Majesty's Minister at Peking regarding the termination of the China Arms Embargo Agreement of 1919.\n\n2\\. Sir Austen Chamberlain proposes to instruct Sir H. Lampson to point out to the Representatives of the other Powers concerned that inasmuch as the Embargo Agreement was to continue \"until the establishment of a Government whose authority is recognised throughout the whole country\", and inasmuch as such a Government has now been established at Nanking, the continued enforcement of the Agreement would appear to be illogical; that it is certainly illogical in the case of His Majesty's Government, who have actually recognised the Nanking Government; and that if, by the end of the present month, the Corps Diplomatique are still not unanimously in favour of abrogation, His Majesty's Government propose themselves to withdraw from the Agreement. In such a case the Agreement will no longer be binding in the case of British subjects, and steps will be taken simultaneously to repeal the 1919 King's Regulations by means of which the Embargo is enforced in British Courts in China. Licences will still be required for the export of arms from this country to China under the Arms Export Prohibition Order of 1919.\n\n3\\. \n\nThe Under Secretary of State,  \nColonial Office.",
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        "content_text": "# \nDay 40335/22 \n\n4th.\n\n3. Dependent on the duration of the Arms Embargo Agreement is the so-called Naval Equipment Agreement of 1922 by which the British, American, French, Japanese and Italian Governments agreed not to undertake or countenance the undertaking by their nationals either directly or indirectly of the construction of naval vessels, arsenals or dockyards to the account of the Chinese authorities, or the giving of naval assistance to them until the restoration of a unified government and normal political conditions in China renders a continuation of the Arms Embargo policy no longer desirable. Sir M. Lampson would be instructed to inform the representatives of the parties to this Naval Equipment Agreement that, as a logical corollary to the withdrawal from the Arms Embargo Agreement, His Majesty's Government propose to withdraw from this naval agreement also. \n\nNaval Equipment Agreement is embodied in the correspondence ending with Foreign Office letter No. `F2490/110/10` of August 14th, 1922.\n\n4. Sir Austen Chamberlain would be glad to learn at an early date whether Mr. Amery concurs in these proposals.\n\n5. Similar letters are being addressed to the Admiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, Dominions Office and India Office and copies of this letter are being sent to the Board of Trade and Department of Overseas Trade.\n\nI am, \nSir, \nYour obedient Servant, \nEvita Stoltsky",
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        "content_text": "**[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]**\n\nFrom\n\n**CHINA.**\n\n**Decypher.**\n\nSir M. Lampson, (Peking),\n\n1st March 1929.\n\nD.\n\n1.50 p.m.\n\n1st March 1929.\n\nR.\n\n9.00 a.m.\n\n1st March 1929.\n\nNo. 175.\n\nMy telegram No. 125.\n\nThe matter came before the whole Corps Diplomatique on February 26th. With the exception of Japan there seemed general agreement that the embargo might now reasonably be terminated. French Chargé d'Affaires however had instructions that it might be suspended rather than terminated until situation was clearer.\n\nI felt bound to express personal opinion that suspension, though at first sight attractive, seemed to have practical difficulties: it would I imagined entail repeal of our subordinate legislation and possibly later re-introduction: moreover it would be very awkward to explain mere suspension to Nanking. Senior Minister thought it would be very difficult to get embargo re-introduced.\n\nThe question now is whether we go ahead independently of Japan. My feeling is that we might use events in Shantung as a pretext to suspend consideration. This will give Japan a little longer to come to terms with China over Shantung etc: but if in say a month's time Japan still maintains her attitude we should state definitely that we propose to terminate forthwith.\n\nPlease instruct me.\n\nMeanwhile",
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        "content_text": "-2- \n\n46 \n\nMeanwhile the question of supply of further anti-piracy launches to Canton has been held up, the French Legation not being prepared to agree on the curious plea that the United States Minister will not consent to the supply by France to Yunnan of 5,000 rifles and ammunition to match for the protection of the Yunnan railway. As the embargo is approaching its end, I see no useful object in opposing the French application and propose now to press the question of launches.\n\nNo.27.\n\nAddressed to Foreign Office, repeated to Mr. Newton,",
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        "content_text": "## 2 1087/180/10\n\nI am directed by Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain to enclose herewith, to be laid before the Secretary of State for the Colonies, copy of a telegram from His Majesty's Minister at Peking regarding the termination of the Weihaiwei Agreement 1910.\n\nMr Chamberlain proposes to instruct His Majesty's Representative to point out to the Representatives of the other Powers concerned that inasmuch as the Embargo Agreement was to continue \"until the establishment of a Government whose authority is recognised throughout the whole country\", and inasmuch as such a Government has now been established, the continued enforcement of the Agreement would appear to be illogical.\n\nThe Chinese Government, who have actually recognised the Soviet Government, by the end of the present month, the Corps Diplomatique will not be unanimously in favour of abrogation. His Majesty's Government propose themselves to withdraw from the agreement. In such a case the Agreement will no longer be binding in the case of British subjects, and steps will be taken simultaneously to repeal the 1919 King's Regulations by means of which the Embargo is enforced in British Courts in China.\n\nThis will still be required for the export of arms from this country to China under the Arms Export Prohibition Order of 1920.\n\nThe Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.",
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        "content_text": "48 \n\nduration of target \n\nAE is the so-called naval Japan agreement of 1982 \n\nby which the British, American, French, Japanese and Italian \n\nGovernments undertook or gave an undertaking by their several either directly or indirectly \n\nof the construction of naval vessels, arsenals or dockyards \n\nto the want of the high authorities, or the giving \n\nof naval matériel to the establishment of a \n\nunified government and normal political conditions in China \n\nrenders a continuation of the Arms Embargo policy no longer \n\ndesirable. Sir K. Simpson should be instructed to inform \n\nthe Governments of the parties to this naval engagement \n\nand corollary to the withdrawal \n\nfrom the Arms Embargo Agreement, His Majesty's Government \n\npropose to withdraw from the Shanghai Naval Equipment Agreement is embodied in the correspondence \n\n30.\n\nused in dealing with foreign Offices `F.O. 40590/110/30` or \n\nSir Austen Chamberlain would be glad to learn at an \n\nearly date whether Mr. Amery concurs in these proposals. \n\n5. Copies of this letter are being addressed to the \n\nAdmiralty, War Office, Air Ministry, Dominions Office and \n\nthe Board of Trade and Department of Overseas Trade.\n\nYour obedient Servant.",
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        "content_text": "## From CHINA.\n\n**De cypher.**\n\nSir M. Lampson, (Peking),\n\n1st March 1929.\n\nD.\n\n1.50 p.m. 1st March 1929.\n\nR.\n\n9.00 a.m. 1st March 1929.\n\nNo.175.\n\n49\n\nAddressed to Foreign Office, repeated to \nMr. Newton, No.27.\n\nMy telegram No. 125.\n\nOn February 26th the whole Corps Diplomatique considered the matter. There seemed general agreement with the exception of Japan that the arms embargo might now reasonably be terminated; but French Chargé d'Affaires had instructions that until situation was clearer it might be suspended rather than terminated. As to suspension I felt bound to express personal opinion that although it might at first sight be attractive, it seemed to have practical difficulties: I imagined that repeal of our subordinate legislation would be entailed and possibly this might later have to be re-introduced: moreover it would be very awkward to explain mere suspension to Nanking. Minister thought re-introduction of embargo would be very difficult.\n\nThe question now is whether we are to go ahead independently of Japan. My feeling is that events in Shantung might be used as a pretext to suspend consideration. By this means Japan will have a little longer to come to terms with China over Shantung etc: but if she still maintains her attitude in say \n\nPage 50\nPage 51",
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        "content_text": "P \n\n50 \n\nIn a month's time we should definitely state that we \npropose to terminate at once. I request instructions. \n\nThe question of supply of further anti-piracy \nlaunches to Canton has meanwhile been held up, as \nFrench Legation are not prepared to agree on the \ncurious plea that United States Minister is refusing \nconsent to supply by France to Yunnan for protection \nof Yunnan railway of 5,000 rifles and ammunition to \nmatch. I propose now to press the question of \nFrench application launches as I see no useful object in opposing since embargo is approaching termination.",
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        "content_text": "## From CHINA\n**Decvpher.**\n\nSir M. Lampson (Peking).\n\n2nd March, 1929.\n\nD.\n\n11.30 a.m., 2nd March, 1929.\n\nR.\n\n9.00 a.m., 2nd March, 1929.\n\nNo. 178.\n\n19 51\n\nFollowing telegram received from Mr. Newton.\n\nImmediately I saw Dr. Wang he mentioned question of arms embargo. Having had no reply to my telegram No.13 and as a statement from an American source appeared in the press while I was in Hankow to the effect that United States government had decided to raise embargo, I felt justified in telling Dr. Wang in confidence that His Majesty's Government were ready to terminate embargo and were only waiting for all parties concerned to reach general agreement.\n\nAddressed to Peking No. 21. February 28th, repeated to Nanking.\n\nMy telegram No. 175 refers.",
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        "content_text": "61 \n\nMr. Vaughan-Fowler called this morning. I had already had a letter from the Governor of Hong Kong invoking my good offices on his behalf.\n\nHis main desire seemed to be that we should obtain consent for his Aeroplane Company (of Hong Kong) to start a regular air service between Hong Kong and Shanghai, via the coast ports. On my saying that the Chinese were not inclined nowadays to allow foreign companies to exploit their avenues of communication and travel, he maintained that under the International Air Convention, China was bound to accord such facilities, just as we were bound to do so for Chinese Companies flying to Hong Kong. He admitted however that there was the practical difficulty that Hong Kong applied the Air Ministry regulations which were so strict that the Chinese could hardly comply with.\n\nI told him I was completely unversed in international air laws: but that if what he stated was correct and if he could quote the particular international agreement by which China was bound, we could at least consider the possibility of applying to Nanking and seeing the result. He had better crystallise his wishes in writing and we could then study the matter more fully.\n\nHe is also apparently keen to push the sale of British aeroplanes: he had just sold ten Avians to Canton and hoped to sell more. I said that the only way to do that was to push his wares like any other, and if possible to prove by practice that our stuff was the best. He replied that that was what he hoped to be able to do.\n\nHe next enquired whether the supply of aeroplanes for civil work was contrary to the Arms Embargo. I sent for and read him our Circular No.55 to Consuls of July 12th 1926 giving the ruling that they are not.",
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        "content_text": "## Correspondence on the Barcelona Convention\n\nDon McSweeney,\n\nWhen I looked at the Barcelona Convention detached, I was doubtful of the literal accuracy of the last sentence of (28). Have you any doubts?\n\nJollowell 22.5\n\nI agree with you: the marked passage on page 17 of the document indicates there is a restriction on exports, etc. under the Barcelona Convention affected by general international Conventions; within it, there is an embargo on arms & the like. The outstanding feature was that it wasn't (and I thought it was one of its key aspects).\n\nYou are wrong, Mr. Duncan.\n\nDm McSweeney 26.5.33\n\nThis particular transaction seems to have fallen flat. But for the Governor's guidance on future occasions, I should be glad to be advised whether he is right in regard to the effect of the Barcelona Convention.\n\nJollowell 27.5",
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        "content_text": "## \n\n} \n\n`92596/32` \n\n146 \n\narms, namely the China Arms Embargo, had been abrogated and the machines now in question if the circumstances of their transit through the Colony complied with any of the descriptions in Article 1 were clearly entitled to the full benefits of the Convention since it had been established by contracts produced to my officers that the machines had been ordered in the United Kingdom by certain persons or authorities in Canton, and to that extent they were obviously \"in transit\" on their arrival in the Colony. The only point of doubt was whether the unpacking of the parts of the machines and their erection as complete machines at the Colony's Aerodrome constituted something more than the operations mentioned in Article 1. \n\nThe Officer Administering the Government being desirous of obtaining an authoritative expression of opinion on this matter laid the whole case before you in his confidential despatch of the 14th July, 1932. \n\nOn the other hand it is to be observed that American Aeroplane Manufacturers who are debarred from using the Kai Tak Aerodrome as an erection depot owing to the non-participation of the United States Government in the International Air Convention are bringing their machines to Hong Kong and transhipping them to Canton in their original packages and while there is no reason to believe that these transactions are not adequately covered by the necessary permits, it will be obvious that the Government of this Colony could not in any case intervene without breach of the obligations of His Majesty's Government under the Barcelona Convention. Moreover in view of the statements made on the occasion of the new embargo announced by His Majesty's Government on the 28th February last to the effect that the United States' Government had no power to prohibit the exportation of arms, it would appear that if",
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        "content_text": "(FJ878/160/10)\n\n45-\n\nDear Bowyer,\n\nFOREIGN OFFICE, S.W. 1.\n13th June, 1933,\n\nWith reference to your letter No. F6360/47 of 9th June to Allen regarding the sale of Australian arms to China, we think that the reasons set out by you in paragraph 2 for the refusal to grant permission for the sale of an instrument of war from Government stocks to Japan are probably right. The question of neutrality was not, so far as we know, actually raised in the Cabinet, but it was held that although the embargo on the exports of arms by private firms had been removed, Government departments were not quite in the same position.\n\nNow that hostilities between China and Japan have ceased, the situation has, of course, altered, and in present circumstances no obstacle would, in this country, be placed in the way of sale of government-owned arms to them, subject\n\nE.B. Bowyer, Esq.\nto",
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        "content_text": "## Office of the High Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Australia\n\nDepartment of External Affairs,  \n2, Whitehall Gardens,  \nLondon, S.W.1.  \n30th May, 1933.\n\nDear Bowyer,\n\n158\n\nWith reference to your memoranda of 12th and 17th May, relative to the reports from the Far East on the activities of Brack in connection with the sale of surplus arms and ammunition from Australia, and our discussion on the relation of it to certain questions of principle that are involved, the following cablegram was despatched to the Prime Minister by Mr. Bruce on 25th May:-\n\n\"With reference to Brack who is understood to have represented himself at Hong Kong as agent of Commonwealth for sale of arms to Canton authorities, United Kingdom Government has intimated recent decision not to sell to belligerents from Government stocks notwithstanding lifting of embargo. They also draw attention to (a) any importation into China being subject to permit of Chinese representative in exporting country (b) possible attitude of Central Government to imports by Canton.\"\n\n## \n\nThe following reply was received on 26th May:-\n\n\"We are advising Governor of Hong Kong that Brack has no authority whatever from Commonwealth Government. We previously advised British Legation, Peking, and British Embassy, Tokyo, to the same effect\".\n\nI thank you for copies of Foreign Office cablegrams forwarded on this subject and for the copies of Dominions Office cablegrams showing the earlier history of embargoes on supplies to the Far East.\n\nE.B. Bowyer, Esq.,  \nDominions Office,  \nS.W.1.\n\nYours sincerely,  \n(Sgd.) F.G. Shedden.",
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        "content_text": "# OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.\n\n## DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, 2. WHITEHALL GARDENS, LONDON, S.W.1.\n\n### 7th June, 1933.\n\nDear Bowyer,\n\nWith reference to my letter of 30th May, the Government wish to know the reasons for the non-sale from Government stocks in view of the latest intimation to them on this principle being your No.76 of 11th August, 1932, which removed the embargo on the sale of Government-owned arms.\n\nCould you advise me early, please?\n\nYours sincerely,\n**(Sgd.) F.G. SHEDDEN**\n\nB.B. Bowyer, Esq.,\nDOMINIONS OFFICE,\nS.W.1.",
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        "content_text": "In any further communication on this subject, please quote `No. F 3030/160/10` and address - not to any person by name, but to \"The Under-Secretary of State,\" Foreign Office, London, S.W.1.\n\n**IMMEDIATE**\n\n## FOREIGN OFFICE, S.W.1. 11th May, 1923.\n\n184 28\n\nSir,\n\nWith reference to your letter `No. 13702/33` of the 6th instant regarding the proposed purchase by the Canton authorities of ammunition from Australian Army Stores, I am directed by Secretary Sir John Simon to draw attention to the decision of the Cabinet on the 20th March last (given in Cabinet Conclusions, `19(33) No. 3`) to approve the refusal of the Secretary of State for War to sell to Japan an instrument of war from government stock. In spite of the removal of the arms embargo, there was held in this particular case to be a difference between the supply of goods by private firms, and by His Majesty's Government.\n\n2. Sir John Simon does not know whether His Majesty's Government in the Commonwealth of Australia are aware of this decision but it would appear to be desirable that the different parts of the Empire should, as far as possible, pursue a similar course of action in regard to this important matter and a copy of this letter is accordingly being sent to the Dominions Office in order that they may, if they deem it appropriate, draw the attention of the Commonwealth Government to the above decision.\n\n3. A further point for consideration is the requirement of the Chinese Government that arms may only be exported to China after a permit has been obtained from the Chinese Minister in the country of export or, in countries where there is no resident Chinese Minister, from the Chinese consular...\n\nThe Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office.",
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        "content_text": "(7) An embargo on the export of arms to a particular country or countries may be in force.\n\nAction by Service Departments.\n\n27. The concern of the Service Departments is to keep under observation the general trend of exports of arms. This information is conveniently obtained from the applications for licences. If any unusual movement of arms were observed, which bore upon the policy of His Majesty's Government, it would be expected that the Service Departments would call the attention of the Foreign Office to the facts.\n\nA watch is also kept upon the applications to ensure that no weapons of secret design are exported; but as stated below the understanding with the manufacturers is so close that the possibility can virtually be ruled out, quite apart from the operation of the licensing system.\n\nThe Arms Export Licensing System.\n\nObjects of Licensing System.\n\n28. From the historical part of this memorandum it will have been observed that before the War there was a power to prohibit but no licensing system. It may therefore be presumed that the primary objects of pre-war legislation were to conserve national resources and to prevent in time of actual or threatened war the export of arms and other material for use against this country and its allies. The War brought with it both prohibition of exports and a licensing system which survived after the War. Since then the powers have been adapted in peace time to other purposes both national and international.\n\nA problem created by the War is described in the preamble to the Arms Traffic Convention 1919 as \"the accumulation in various parts of the world of considerable\n\n-12-\n\nPage 80\n\nPage 81",
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        "content_text": "Applicant.\n\nMaterial.\n\nDestination.\n\nDate licence refused.\n\nReason for refusal.\n\n  \n    Vickers-Armstrong Ltd.\nVickers (Aviation) Ltd.\nI.C.I. Ltd.\n    1 .455 revolver.\n6 bombing aeroplanes each fitted with armament.\n100,000 lbs. T.N.T.\n    Austria (for private individual)\n    13.5.30\n    Ex-enemy country.\n  \n  \n    Government of Brazil.\n    \n    \n    12.11.30\n    Brazil in a state of revolution.\n  \n  \n    Canton Provincial Government.\n    1,000,000 303 rifle cartridges.\n    China (via a firm in Belgium).\n    27.1.32\n    Belgian intermediaries\n  \n  \n    Brown Bros. Ltd. of London.\nI.C.I. Ltd.\n1.C.1. Metals Ltd.\n    1 empty aircraft practice bomb (8½ lb. size).\n20,000 20 m.m. machine gun cartridges\n1,000,000 7 m.m. rifle cartridges.\n20,000 lbs. T.N.T.\n    National Government of China.\n    11.5.32\n    refused to disclose name of ultimate consignee in China.\nThis type of bomb not available for export abroad.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.\n    10.10.32\n    Sao Paulo in a state of revolution.\n  \n  \n    I.C.I. Metals Ltd.\n    5,000,000 7.65 m.m. rifle cartridges.\n    Kwangsi Provincial Government.\n    30.4.34\n    Permit of National Government of China authorising import of goods into China was not produced.\n  \n  \n    \n    \n    Paraguayan Government.\n    14.6.34\n    Participation of H.M. Government in the arms embargo against Bolivia and Paraguay.\n  \n\nR.J.Adgey of Belfast.\n\nPage 104",
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        "content_text": "Applicant. \n\nMaterial. \n\nDestination. \n\nDate licence refused. \n\nVickers-Armstrong Ltd. Spare parts for 303 machine rifles and machine guns. \n\nBolivian Government. \n\n14.6.34 \n\nReason for refusal. \n\nParticipation of H.M. Government in the arms embargo against Bolivia and Paraguay. \n\nVickers-Armstrong Ltd. Spare parts and accessories for 75 m.m. gun equipments. 30 sets \"U\" leathers for recuperator pistons for 105 m.m. gun equipments. \n\nBolivian Government. \n\n14.6.34 \n\n-ditto- \n\nVickers-Armstrong Ltd. 100 7.65 m.m. machine guns. \n\nBolivian Government. \n\n14.6.34 \n\n-ditto- \n\nI.C.I. Ltd. 450 lbs. Picric Acid 4,500 lbs. T.N.T. \n\nParaguayan Government. \n\n16.6.34 \n\nBoley Armament Co. Ltd. 2,500 7.92 m.m. rifles, \n\nCantonese Provincial Government. \n\n23.7.34 \n\nH.Dorman & Co.Ltd. of Stafford. 1 set single type interrupter gear. \n\nBelgium (for a firm of aircraft dealers) \n\n27.4.35 \n\n-ditto- \n\nPermit of National Government of China authorising import of goods into China not produced. \n\nEvidence that this material was required by the Belgian Government, the purported consignees, was not forthcoming. \n\nPage 105\n\n \n \n\n \n\nPage 105",
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        "content_text": "121\n\nsatisfies himself that the export of a consignment is in accordance with the treaty provisions in force before assent to the issue of a licence is given. In the case of certain countries evidence that the government of the importing country has authorised the import is required.\n\n6. Special circumstances.\n\nFor example, in the case of China the authority of the Chinese Central Government countersigned by the Chinese Ambassador in London is required before a licence is issued. Some other countries have requested that reference should be made to their representatives in London before licences are issued.\n\n7. An embargo on the export of arms to a particular country or countries may be in force.\n\nFOREIGN OFFICE\n1935.\n\n-2-",
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        "page_number": 127,
        "title": "CO129-552-6 Traffic of arms to China 2-1-1935 - 27-12-1935",
        "content_text": "(F5841/60/10)\n\nNo.352.\n\n718784736)\n\nBERNE.\n\n126\n\nOctober 28, 1935.\n\nReply to\n\nP. due some gali...\n\nWhat I am sure to\n\nimport\n\n? We way enout the control of\n\nex sort of arms to China.... I said that if Switzerland\n\nhad power to prohibit export to Bolivia and Paraguay\n\nand now to Italy and Abyssinia (see my telegram No.25 of\n\nOctober 26) why could nothing be done in the case of China.\n\nCol. A. Botta said that other countries such as Belgium were\n\nnot prepared to enact the necessary measures of control\n\nunless all exporting countries did. I realised\n\nthat the question was not a practical one in the case of\n\nSwitzerland as Dr. Stutz has assured me some days ago\n\nthat the Swiss factories at Oerlikon and Neuhausen would\n\nnot export arms contrary to the wishes of the Federal\n\nCouncil and that the Solothurn factory is of small consequence,\n\nbut the Swiss attitude affected the common front.\n\n3. Col. Botta said that as regards Italy and Abyssinia\n\nthe neutrality of Switzerland came into play as the result of\n\nthe Hague Convention of 1907 (Rights and obligations of\n\nneutrals), and therefore the Federal Council could take action\n\nas a Question d'urgence. The same method was applied in the\n\nChaco dispute because a Committee of the League had enjoined\n\nan embargo.\n\n3.",
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        "content_text": "169\n\nthe export of a consignment is in accordance with the treaty provisions in force before assent to the issue of a licence is given.\n\n6. Special circumstances. In the case of certain countries evidence that the government of the importing country has authorised the import is required. For example, in the case of China the authority of the Chinese Central Government counter-signed by the Chinese Ambassador in London is required before a licence is issued. Other countries have requested that reference should be made to their representatives in London before licences are issued.\n\n7. An embargo on the export of arms to a particular country or countries may be in force.\n\nFOREIGN OFFICE,\n\nAugust 30th, 1935.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937",
        "page_number": 104,
        "title": "CO129-556-13 Traffic in arms to China 6-1-1936 - 13-1-1937",
        "content_text": "No. 155.\n\nSir,\n\nBRITISH EMBASSY,\n\nWASHINGTON, D. C.\n\nFebruary 11th, 1936.\n\n104\n\nOn receipt of your despatch No. 44 of the 15th January (F7947/60/10) I immediately addressed a note to the United States Government in the sense therein instructed, and I have the honour now to enclose a copy of the reply which I have received.\n\n2. You will observe that the United States Government again express the hope that His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom will see their way to adopt a list of arms, ammunition and implements of war, in connexion with exports to China, similar to that adopted by themselves, on the ground that His Majesty's Government have made use of a list of this kind in the case of their embargo on exports to Italy. I have the honour to request that I may be informed in due course of the reply which you would wish me to return to this proposal. Further copies of the laws and regulations governing the export of arms etc. were enclosed in Chancery letter to American Department of the 22nd November last.\n\nThe Right Honourable\n\nA. Eden, M. C., M. P.,\n\netc.,\n\nI have, etc.\n\n(Signed) R. C. LINDSAY.\n\netc.,\n\netc.",
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        "page_number": 106,
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        "content_text": "106\n\narms, ammunition and implements of war which your Government, in common with the other Governments of the League of Nations, has adopted in connection with the embargo on the exportation of arms which it has put in effect in respect to Italy. Both of these lists conform closely to the list prepared by the Committee for the Regulation of the Trade in and Private and State Manufacture of Arms and Implements of War. In view of the fact that your Government has adopted such a list in respect to exports from Great Britain to Italy, I again venture to express the hope that it may find it possible to adopt a similar list in respect to China. Such action, which would bring the procedure of our two Governments into harmony, would, I believe, even if followed by our two Governments only, do much to achieve the objectives of preventing the development or the continuance in China of conditions of domestic violence and of cooperating with the Chinese Government in its efforts to maintain an effective control of the import into China of arms, ammunition and implements of war, which both of our Governments desire to achieve.\n\nAccept, Excellency, etc.\n\nFor the Secretary of State:\n\n(Signed) R. WALTON MOORE.",
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        "content_text": "57. Geneva tel: 87 - 18/9.\n\n58.\n\nmanking\n\n59. Gamy ul. 458 - 1819. al 2219. 12\n\n60. F.O. 5.6470/130/10 with h (the copy of all cones export of gas masks from tel 444, مد حمد\n\n61. Tokyo\n\n62. O.A.G. - (61.\n\n63. O.A.G. (Release ? Put bay P. Roges 25/9/37. tel. 207 27/9. re 23.9.37 banking in.) H.R.G takys 144 of 27/9.) al.208 of munitions. 27.9.37. 27.9.57 telephone Yer. By sextending from D'Hendrison For Mr. Gent.\n\nYou told me that you had been informed that the Foreign Office, B.O.T. and Defence Departments had decided that there was no objection in principle to selling surplus, Government stocks of munitions to China as long as a state of war did not exist.\n\nIn view of this decision, the importance of British trade in South China, and the attitude of the O.A.G. (see 62) it appears that we should make every effort to resist the Japanese endeavour to force us to place an embargo on the export of arms from Hong Kong by a threat to destroy the Canton-Kowloon Railway.\n\nIf this railway is destroyed the Colony will be placed in a very serious position, since the whole",
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        "content_text": "## \nthe whole of its normal trade with Southern China \nwill be blocked. We presumably cannot prevent \ndestruction of this railway if the Japanese \nshould decide to bomb it, but in view of its \nimportance to Hong Kong and the investment of \nBritish capital in the Railway, H.M.G. would \nformerly be justified in making a strong \nprotest in Tokyo at the threat made by the \nVice-Minister for Foreign Affairs in `61`. \n\n57-60. ? Put by. \n61 and 62. Copy `62` to F.O. saying that \nthe S'of S. agrees with the O.A.G. in objecting \nto an embargo on the export of arms from Hong \nKong. He would point out the importance of \nthe Canton-Kowloon Railway to the Colony of \nHong Kong, and trusts that Mr. Eden will be \nprepared to make a strong protest to the \nJapanese Government with regard to the threat \nto destroy the railway as mentioned in Tokyo \ntelegram No.`444` (`61`). \n\nCopy letter and telegrams to B.O.T., W.O., \nAdmiralty, A.M. and Lt. Col. Webb. \n\n63. \nI see no objection to the proposal, \nwhich will presumably enable the munitions to \nbe exported more quickly from Hong Kong and \nwill relieve the overcrowded storage accommodation. \nCopy to Foreign Office, saying that \nsubject to their concurrence the S. of S. proposes \nto approve the procedure. \n\nCopy letter and \ntelegram to B.O.T., W.O., Admiralty and A.M. \n\n57. \nas hoped \n- 60 \n61&62. \ndo \nAny Foreign \nP. Roger \n19.9.37. \nof the sort",
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        "content_text": "export of munitions\n\nSam\n\nThes\n\n200\n\nthink it would be desirable to suggest to the O.A.G. that this decision should be rescinded.\n\n? Telegraph to Hong Kong reference 88, asking to be informed of the volume of traffic in munitions on the railway and ask for an explanation of the effect which furnishing this to the Japanese Consul on Japanese policy)\n\n89.\n\nEnclose copy letter above\n\nMr. Chaplin of the Foreign Office rang me up to say that the D.O.T. had been in communication with them about this matter and he said that they would rather like to see copies of the correspondence and of any instructions or request for information which might be sent to Hong Kong.\n\nIt is a little difficult to know why the Company have formed the impression that the Colonial Government is not sympathetic to the arms business, and it is possible that this may be due to a natural impatience at the lack of storage for explosives and munitions and to the necessity for complying with the ordinary formalities the export of arms.\n\nThe O.A.G. is aware of our policy and has himself said that he would view unfavourably any decision to impose an embargo on the export of munitions to China.\n\n? Reply to 89 that the Colonial Government present is fully aware of the policy of H.M.G. in the matter of the supply of arms to China. Say that the Governor will be requested to afford all possible facilities for shipments of arms but that owing to the shortage of accommodation it will no doubt be realised that individual consignments may be unavoidably delayed. Say that the Secretary of State has no doubt that every\n\nPage 20\nPage 21",
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        "content_text": "113\n\nsettlement. If China received large supplies of arms and ammunition from abroad, her antagonism to Japan would be strengthened, and the conflict prolonged and intensified. The Japanese Government hoped, therefore, that the Governments of third Powers would refrain, as far as possible, from doing anything likely to encourage China in this direction. And finally, the Japanese Government did not contemplate, for the time being, any action to prevent the importation of arms and ammunition into China by foreign vessels, but future developments might compel them to devise more effective and suitable measures to stop all importation of arms and ammunition into China (see telegram from Tokyo to the Foreign Office No. 333 of the 31st August).\n\n30. On the 5th September, the embargo zone was extended to cover the whole Chinese coastline from Chinwangtao in the north to the Indo-China frontier in the south, with the exception of Tsingtao and \"leased territories of third Powers.\" In making this announcement, the Japanese Government again declared that they would respect the \"peaceful commerce of third Powers,\" with which they had no intention of interfering. The only points on the Chinese coast to which the embargo does not extend are, accordingly, Tsingtao, Hong Kong, Macao, and Kwangchowan. The exclusion of Tsingtao is at first sight somewhat surprising; the Japanese explain that it is due to their desire at any cost to avoid any cause of friction which might lead to hostilities in that area; in any case, it is of no practical importance.\n\n31. On the 1st September, the aide-de-camp to the Minister of Marine informed the naval attaché to His Majesty's Embassy in Tokyo that Japan was concerned over the fact that Hong Kong was being used as an entrepôt for the import of munitions for the",
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        "content_text": "114\n\nthe Chinese, and he indicated that the object of the air raid which had taken place at Canton on the preceding day was to interrupt the transportation northwards of the munitions which were known to have already arrived in Hong Kong. The extension of the embargo zone cut off one line of entry of such arms into China, namely, carriage in Chinese vessels from Hong Kong to Canton; it remains now for Japan to devise means of cutting off the other lines, namely, carriage in foreign steamers or by rail.\n\n32. Chinese shipping in the prohibited area has been brought to a complete standstill. All that has yet happened as a result of the embargo is that a number of vessels have been stopped by signal from Japanese warships, but allowed to proceed after signalling their name, ports of origin and destination and that they were not on charter. In reply to enquiries from British shipping companies as to the position of British merchant vessels, the Commander-in-chief has informed them that the question is under consideration and that meanwhile British ships should obey all orders received from Japanese warships, reporting on the circumstances afterwards.\n\n33. The Chinese Government and educated classes are, as was pointed out in my telegram No.417 of the 4th September, awaiting with the keenest anxiety the reaction of His Majesty's Government to the Japanese manoeuvres to prevent arms reaching China via Hong Kong. They feel that, as co-signatories with them of the Kellogg Pact and other agreements which Japan is trampling underfoot, we owe them something more than benevolent neutrality in what is for them a life or death struggle against a powerful aggressor. Japan's suggestion that the neutral Powers should help her to shorten the hostilities by cutting off China's supply of arms has called forth particularly cynical comment.",
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        "title": "CO129-560-15 Traffic of arms to China 18-2-1937 - 15-11-1937",
        "content_text": "**[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]**\n\n154\n114\n\n## FRANCE\n\n`(27614/130/10)`\n\n### Cypher telegram to Sir E. Phipps (Paris)\n\nForeign Office, 12th October 1937, 11.30 p.m.\n\n#### No. 200\n\nYour telegram 596 Saving (of October 8: supply of arms for China through Indo-China).\n\nFrench fears appear to us to be somewhat exaggerated. The vulnerability of French railways is much less than that of Canton-Kowloon railway, one of them crossing the frontier some 200 miles from Hainan and 700 from Paracels while the other crosses some 180 miles further inland. So long as transit through Hongkong is permitted surely the French have little excuse for not keeping their lines open?\n\nWe obviously do not want consignments which would normally be carried via French lines to be diverted via Hongkong. And we do not want the French to do anything which will lead to a Japanese occupation of Hainan which would be as much to our disadvantage as to theirs. But I do think that you should endeavour to persuade them to be a little less ready to meet a Japanese request which appears to us to be both unreasonable and unjustifiable so long as an embargo is not placed on the export of arms and war material to both sides.\n\nPlease make representations accordingly and at the same time endeavour to ascertain what exactly M. Léger meant when he said he would see to it that the China government got far larger quantities of arms and munitions than Japan.",
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        "title": "CO129-560-15 Traffic of arms to China 18-2-1937 - 15-11-1937",
        "content_text": "# COPY FOR REGISTRATION\n\n## CYPHER TELEGRAM from the Officer Administering the Government of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.\n\n**Dated 27th September, 1937, Received 10.45 a.m. 27th September.**\n\n(61)\n\nNo.207. Addressed to Tokio No.14 for 27th September repeated to Colonial Office telegram No.207.\n\nYour telegram No.21 repeating your telegram No.444 to the Foreign Office.\n\nI have not seen Japanese Consul General on this subject but my Colonial Secretary reported that such a bargain was informally proposed to him. His reply, after consulting me, was much more non-committal than your telegram suggests, and he only indicated that there could be no harm in the Consul General taking the initiative of making his proposal to Tokio, and that if such a bargain should appeal to His Majesty's Government, the appropriate steps of retraction will no doubt be taken here under instructions.\n\n2. Japan has presumably as much or as little right to bomb this railway as any other lines in China financed by neutrals.\n\n3. I still maintain my objections to a general Arms Embargo, and I feel that any such partial embargo would raise a storm of protest both in China and in Europe, however important to the Colony this railway may be. As a matter of fact, if reply is to be negative, the longer it takes in transmission the better from our point of view.\n\nto F.O. \nW.6. \n79 admy 67 \nA.M \n68 trotes \nB-T \n0.0.9. 70 \nPage 204 \nPage 62",
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        "content_text": "248 \n\n# \n\nscheme involving such a prohibition, and if Ministers agree to it, \nit is still not contemplated, as I understand the matter, that \neffect should be given to the scheme until the Japanese show \nsigns of extending their blockade further than they have yet \ndone and until we have come to an understanding with them. \n\nThe firm raise the further question whether H.M. Government \nare likely to propose an embargo on the export of arms. As to \nthis, it is, as you know, our settled policy not to put an embargo \non the export of arms to particular destinations save insofar as \nthe other arms-producing countries may do the same. \nConsequently, \nas there has so far been nothing mooted in the way of an \ninternational non-intervention agreement or of League of Nations \n\"sanctions\", we in the Board of Trade at any rate see no present \nreason to expect an embargo on the export of arms from this \ncountry to China. But clearly there may be further developments \nat any time, and we do not see that any indication of our possible \nfuture line of action can be given to Mathesons. We think they \nmust be left, for the present at least, to do what they think best \nin their own discretion.",
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        "content_text": "255\n\nHe said that the Chinese were no doubt getting a lot of arms from the Continent. They had, he believed, placed large orders in Belgium and Germany last year and had completed a barter arrangement by which they exchanged out-of-date armaments to the value of 100 million marks, say £10 million sterling for Chinese goods (presumably wolfram amongst them). The recent orders placed with Skoda would take a long time to fill.\n\nMr. Bernard said that the goodwill of his firm with the Chinese Government was very valuable to them and for this reason alone they would like to be able to accept the orders for armaments from them if they could. Also they did not want to refuse orders if they were going to their competitors.\n\nOn the other hand they did not want to accept orders if they could not carry them out or if it was contrary to the policy of His Majesty's Government for them to do so. They were afraid that the Japanese might start exercising belligerent rights and then say to the British Government \"We will not exercise the right of search provided that Hong Kong will impose an embargo; and of course you must realise that if Hong Kong does not impose the embargo, besides exercising the right of search which will be very awkward for you, we can very easily cut the railway which links Hong Kong with Canton and the rest of China and so completely dislocate her trade not only in contraband, but in all other goods.\n\n**(3gd.) C.G. EASTWOOD.**  \n1/9/37",
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        "content_text": "## \n260\n\n(ii)\n\n(iii)\n\n\"The following is from Hongkong to Shanghai:-\n\nHave telegraphed to London very fully. Local Government will require not only Huchao but specific authorisation of British Government conveyed through Colonial Office for all arms imported. Local Government averse Hongkong becoming arms clearing house and formula as above applied to discourage. More may follow. Arms and all other storage jammed for this reason we cannot accept any liability as receiving Agents. Definitely we cannot act as forwarding Agents but we can deliver Hongkong.\n\nThe following is from Hongkong to London:- \nApprehension exists here Japan may insist right to search when heavy shipments anticipated flow in or may be driven to attack Railway. Consider we should hesitate becoming too deeply involved especially until sure Great Britain will not impose embargo arms. What is your opinion? Can you obtain definition of policy Foreign Office, Colonial Office?\"\n\nI should like to have the honour of calling on you early next week and discussing the matter after you have had an opportunity of considering it. Naturally **Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd.**, would like to do the business if it is feasible for them to do so.\n\nI am addressing a similar letter to the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.\n\nI have the honour to be, Sir,\nYour obedient Servant,\n\nThe Under-Secretary of State,\nColonial Office,\nS.W.1.\n\nBeen  \nDyrefolland\n\nPage 260\nPage 261",
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        "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案",
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        "document_key": "CO129-563-16 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 6-9-1937 - 13-11-1937",
        "page_number": 102,
        "title": "CO129-563-16 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 6-9-1937 - 13-11-1937",
        "content_text": "# [This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]\n\n## AMENDED DISTRIBUTION\n\n## FROM CHINA\n\nMr. Gage (Nanking).  \n11th September, 1937.  \n(By Wireless) 11th September, 1937. 12th September, 1937.\n\n**D.**  \n**R.**  \n9.45 p.m.  \n**De cypher.**  \nNo. 456.\n\nA German Adviser tells me that his colleagues are satisfied as to Han Fu-chu's loyalty. Latter has at his disposal some excellent troops including salt brigade and one of the best German advisers named Stein. German advisers are showing some disquietude over attitude of their country towards possible Japanese embargo on arms supply to China. They feel apprehensive that Germany may acquiesce in search of German merchant ships by Japanese warships and I have been asked what attitude England would adopt. I have replied that I am not yet in a position to say but I gather that object of enquiry was to ascertain whether it would be possible to ship German arms to China on British ships.\n\nAddressed to Foreign Office No. 436, repeated to Peking, Shanghai for Military Attaché, Commander-in-Chief, General-Officer-Commanding and Rear Admiral Yangtse.\n\nPage 4  \nPage 10  \n`101`",
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        "document_key": "CO129-563-18 Sino-Japanese War- stopping of British shipping by Japanese 11-9-1937 - 29-12-1937",
        "page_number": 86,
        "title": "CO129-563-18 Sino-Japanese War- stopping of British shipping by Japanese 11-9-1937 - 29-12-1937",
        "content_text": "87\n\nsettlement. If China received large supplies of arms and ammunition from abroad, her antagonism to Japan would be strengthened, and the conflict prolonged and intensified. The Japanese Government hoped, therefore, that the Governments of third Powers would refrain, as far as possible, from doing anything likely to encourage China in this direction. And finally, the Japanese Government did not contemplate, for the time being, any action to prevent the importation of arms and ammunition into China by foreign vessels, but future developments might compel them to devise more effective and suitable measures to stop all importation of arms and ammunition into China (see telegram from Tokyo to the Foreign Office No. 333 of the 31st August).\n\n30. On the 5th September, the embargo zone was extended to cover the whole Chinese coastline from Chinwangtao in the north to the Indo-China frontier in the south, with the exception of Tsingtao and \"leased territories of third Powers.\" In making this announcement, the Japanese Government again declared that they would respect the \"peaceful commerce of third Powers,\" with which they had no intention of interfering. The only points on the Chinese coast to which the embargo does not extend are, accordingly, Tsingtao, Hong Kong, Macao, and Kwangchowan. The exclusion of Tsingtao is at first sight somewhat surprising; the Japanese explain that it is due to their desire at any cost to avoid any cause of friction which might lead to hostilities in that area; in any case, it is of no practical importance.\n\n31. On the 1st September, the aide-de-camp to the Minister of Marine informed the naval attaché to His Majesty's Embassy in Tokyo that Japan was concerned over the fact that Hong Kong was being used as an entrepôt for the import of munitions for the Chinese Government.",
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        "page_number": 87,
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        "content_text": "## 32. \nthe Chinese, and he indicated that the object of the air raid which had taken place at Canton on the preceding day was to interrupt the transportation northwards of the munitions which were known to have already arrived in Hong Kong. The extension of the embargo zone cut off one line of entry of such arms into China, namely, carriage in Chinese vessels from Hong Kong to Canton; it remains now for Japan to devise means of cutting off the other lines, namely, carriage in foreign steamers or by rail.\n\nChinese shipping in the prohibited area has been brought to a complete standstill. All that has yet happened as a result of the embargo is that a number of vessels have been stopped by signal from Japanese warships, but allowed to proceed after signalling their name, ports of origin and destination and that they were not on charter. In reply to enquiries from British shipping companies as to the position of British merchant vessels, the Commander-in-chief has informed them that the question is under consideration and that meanwhile British ships should obey all orders received from Japanese warships, reporting on the circumstances afterwards. In regard to foreign shipping, all ...\n\n## 33. \nThe Chinese Government and educated classes are, as was pointed out in my telegram No.417 of the 4th September, awaiting with the keenest anxiety the reaction of His Majesty's Government to the Japanese manoeuvres to prevent arms reaching China via Hong Kong. They feel that, as co-signatories with them of the Kellogg Pact and other agreements which Japan is trampling underfoot, we owe them something more than benevolent neutrality in what is for them a life or death struggle against a powerful aggressor. Japan's suggestion that the neutral Powers should help her to shorten the hostilities by cutting off China's supply of arms has called forth particularly cynical comment.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-564-10 Aeroplane assembly depot- proposed establishment 7-9-1937 - 14-1-1938",
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        "title": "CO129-564-10 Aeroplane assembly depot- proposed establishment 7-9-1937 - 14-1-1938",
        "content_text": "(F2715/31/10).\n\nNO DISTRIBUTION\n\nCypher telegram to Sir R. Craigie (Tokyo).\n\nForeign Office.\n\nNo. 493.\n\n19th November, 1937.\n\n10.30 p.m.\n\n41\n\nYour telegram No. 638 [of the 18th November: aircraft to China through Hongkong].\n\nAs you will have seen from Hongkong telegram to Colonial Office No. 287 this batch of aeroplanes has now been forwarded to China. In any event, however, I could not have countenanced delaying them. These aeroplanes happened to be available for purchase by the Chinese Government and Chinese Ambassador was assured in August that there would be no difficulty about the grant of export licences.\n\nFacilities for their assembly in Hongkong have had on wider grounds to be refused, but the least that could be done was not only to permit but also to facilitate onward transit to China.\n\nNo embargo has been placed on the export of arms to Japan either from the United Kingdom or Hongkong, and it could not be expected, especially having regard to the League of Nations resolution that States members should take no action likely to weaken China's powers of resistance, that a discriminatory embargo should be placed on the export of arms to China from Hongkong.\n\nAddressed to Tokyo No. 493, repeated to Peking No. 556, to Nanking No. 481 and to Hongkong unnumbered.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938",
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        "title": "CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938",
        "content_text": "This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.\n\n92\n\nFrom FRANCE.\n\nTelegram (en clair) from Sir Phipps (Paris),\n\n5th April, 1938.\n\nD.\n\nBY BAG.\n\n6th April, 1938.\n\n6th April, 1938.\n\nR.\n\nNo. 234 SAVING.\n\n83\n\nYour telegram No. 68 Saving, and report from Yunnanfu in the \"Times\" of March 28th reporting rumours that the railway from Indo-China into Yunnan had been closed recently to the transport of war material on instructions from Paris.\n\nThe Head of the Far Eastern Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed a member of my staff on April 5th that the report in the \"Times\" was untrue.\n\nThe French Government, he said, had taken no fresh steps to make an embargo on the transport of arms absolute, and were adhering to their policy of permitting the transit of arms in execution of outstanding old orders, but not in other cases.\n\nMonsieur Hoppenot added that the report might perhaps have arisen owing to the fact that a Russian vessel had recently landed arms in Indo-China under false pretences. This was discovered in time to have the consignment stopped at or near the Chinese border.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-567-5 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 11-4-1938 - 19-1-1939",
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        "title": "CO129-567-5 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 11-4-1938 - 19-1-1939",
        "content_text": "69\n\ncould to assist his Government. We were at the same time bound to have many other considerations in mind, and I hoped that his Government would not lose sight of the fact that we had from the commencement of the struggle given assistance of no mean order to China by keeping open the route through Hong Kong.\n\n7. I noticed in his memorandum (1) a suggestion that the United Kingdom was allowing arms and war materials to be supplied to Japan. So far as I knew, there was no foundation for this suggestion. The Ambassador acknowledged that this part of the note was not applicable to Great Britain, except in so far as he believed we were permitting oil and steel to reach Japan. I told his Excellency that I would have this enquired into, but that I did not suppose that the oil reaching Japan was oil over which we had any power to exercise direct control. He mentioned the fact that Canada had been supplying minerals to Japan, and I told him that this was not in our power to deal with.\n\n8. Finally, I assured the Ambassador that we were very conscious of all the considerations that he had urged both as concerning our own immediate interests and as concerning the larger issues that were being fought out in this unhappy struggle. I said that I would take steps to inform myself in greater detail of the several lines of action along which he had said that the State Department of the United States were moving.\n\nEnclosure.\n\n(1)\n\nMemorandum.\n\nI am, &c.\n\nHALIFAX.\n\nON the 30th September, 1938, the Council of the League of Nations adopted a report on the Chinese Government appeal under article 17, the effect of which was to declare that the provisions of article 16, regarding sanctions against an aggressor State, are applicable in the circumstances of the conflict now raging between China and Japan. It was declared that China had a right to the sympathy and aid of the other members of the League, and that grave international tension elsewhere must not make them forget the sufferings of the Chinese people, or their own duty of doing nothing that might weaken China's power of resistance or their undertaking to consider how far they can individually extend aid to China.\n\nOn the basis of this report the Chinese Government now once again addresses its request to His Majesty's Government to implement their commitments under the successive resolutions of the League of Nations by immediate and positive measures.\n\nAmong these, the most urgent measure the Chinese Government ventures to suggest is that His Majesty's Government declare an embargo on the supply of all arms and war materials to Japan. If, for difficulties of legislation or other practical considerations, such measure cannot be forthwith put into operation, the Chinese Government nevertheless expresses its desire that His Majesty's Government will use their influence of persuasion on the British manufacturers and export merchants to refrain from further supplying the Japanese, directly or indirectly, with arms and war materials, particularly aeroplanes, oil, and steel. In this connexion, it may be pointed out that some time ago the United States Government made known its attitude that no aeroplanes should be sold to Japan by American manufacturers, and the effect of this has been appreciable. It is anticipated that the United States Government will soon be in a position to express a similar attitude with regard to other forms of arms and war materials. The French Government has also introduced an embargo on the export from Indo-China of certain ores of which Japan has hitherto been the principal consumer. Therefore, the Chinese Government fervently hopes that His Majesty's Government, both in consideration of their obligations as a member State of the League of Nations and also in view of their close relations with China otherwise, will not fail to take the most effective measures to assist China in her struggle for national existence and orderly international relations.\n\n3\n\nIt may be added that the above request of the Chinese Government is given even more cogency and urgency by the latest events in South China. The Japanese war machine has already started its long-threatened invasion of Kwangtung, and the consequent danger to Hong Kong and British interests in South China need not be emphasised. The Chinese Government feels that Japan embarks on this bold step in the belief that Great Britain will, in all circumstances and in spite of encroachments upon British interests, observe only a passive neutrality. It is submitted that such acts of aggression on the part of Japan, allowed to go unchecked, are already undermining and eventually will destroy all British interests in South China, and that only a firm stand by Great Britain towards the aggressor and effective immediate assistance to China can contribute to the alleviation of the present situation.\n\nChinese Embassy, London, October 17, 1938.\n\n(Confidential.)\n\n(2)\n\nMemorandum.\n\nI AM requested by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to communicate the following views on the Japanese invasion of South China, and to ask His Majesty's Government to permit his confidential observations on the situation as it involves British policy:-\n\n* Japan's invasion of Kwangtung, marking as it does the inauguration of Japan's policy of southward expansion, is obviously not directed against China only but is designed to test Great Britain's attitude.\n\nIf Great Britain should place any reliance on Japan's empty phrases of respect for foreign rights and interests and adopts an attitude that Japan can construe as either weak or wavering, then Japan's present rulers will regard all British territories and interests in the Western Pacific area as objectives for absorption, once Japan has secured a base in South China.\n\nJapan's bold southward thrust is manifestly the materialisation of her anti-British policy. Consequently, the community of interest at this juncture between Great Britain and China is real and close. It therefore devolves on Great Britain to give China substantial aid, on the one hand, and, on the other, to take a firm stand against the pretensions of Japan.\n\nParallel action with the United States and France would seem to be called for by all the threatened international interests in that area.\n\nJapan's power and resources are by now greatly spent after encountering China's stout resistance for fourteen months, and therefore Japan is not in a position to cope with another major conflict. Clear proofs of this are Japan's retreat in face of the comparatively firm stand by France in connexion with the Hainan Island area and by the Soviet Union in the Changkufeng affair.\n\nJapan's bold move on South China at this juncture is inspired by the belief of ruling groups in Japan that they are correct in their own interpretation of the dislike and dread of war manifested by Great Britain during the recent European crisis. Japan therefore believes she sees an opportunity to make a test, in the hope that Great Britain will reluctantly acquiesce in her manoeuvre.\n\nIf Great Britain, however, knowing well that Japan is not in a position to extend her military liabilities by becoming involved with third parties, will adopt a resolute course toward the Japanese threats to her territories and interests, then Japan will undoubtedly accept the check.\n\nThe truculence of Japan towards Great Britain is such that the situation in the near future must be that Great Britain will find herself constrained, in association with other democratic Powers, to bring about the permanent check to Japan's predatory ambitions in Eastern Asia and the Western Pacific, or else Japan, in combination with certain other countries, will proceed with its serious threat to the integrity of the British Empire.\n\nIt seems, Generalissimo Chiang begs to be allowed to state frankly, that Great Britain has really arrived at a moment when a decision on this point can no longer be deferred.\n\nChinese Embassy, London, October 17, 1938.\n\n70",
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        "content_text": "84\n\n2\n\ngovernment use imported into China (e.g. Shanghai Embassy telegram No. 620 to me of the 7th July) are the most informative for the purpose of making an approximate calculation of the comparative imports of arms into China from the various countries. I hope therefore that it may continue to be possible for His Majesty's Ambassador to obtain these figures confidentially month by month from the Inspector General and transmit them to me.\n\n4.\n\nI should also be grateful if I could be supplied promptly (when necessary by telegram) with any information which His Majesty's Ambassador may be able to obtain in regard to the scope and effectiveness of the German embargo on arms exports to China. My present information is that, despite the embargo, a large proportion of these German exports continue to be effected via Sweden.\n\nI have the honour to be,\n\nWith the highest respect,\n\nMy Lord\n\nYour Lordship's most obedient\n\nhumble Servant,\n\n(SGD) R.L. CRAIGIE.",
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        "content_text": "30\n\nFrom SWITZERLAND.\n\nTelegram (en clair) from United Kingdom Delegation (Geneva).\n\nR. 8.35 p.m. 11th May, 1938.\n\nNo.19 L.N. (By Telephone).\n\nIMPORTANT.\n\nMy telegram No.15.\n\nFollowing from Secretary of State.\n\nMr. Wellington Koo asked to see me this evening in order to give me his ideas of possible action by the Council in connexion with the Sino-Japanese conflict. He first of all mentioned possible measures against Japan such as embargo on arms and oil, refusal of financial assistance and boycott of Japanese goods. He did not appear to put these forward with any conviction that they would prove acceptable. He then detailed measures of assistance to China which he thought might be taken:-\n\n1. An acknowledgment by the Council of China's effort in defending her territory.\n\n2. Encouragement of League members to restore the trade and transit facilities enjoyed by China before the outbreak of hostilities (this is aimed at France).\n\n3. That the Council might encourage members of League to help China with arms and money.\n\n4. That the Council pay serious attention to the allegation made by the Chinese representative regarding the possible use of gas by Japan, might denounce it as an infringement of international law of the gas protocol and might consider inviting those of its members who have Military Attachés in China to collect information on the subject in collaboration with Chinese Government.",
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        "document_key": "CO129-575-15 Traffic of arms to China 24-1-1939 - 4-12-1939",
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        "title": "CO129-575-15 Traffic of arms to China 24-1-1939 - 4-12-1939",
        "content_text": "**NO DISTRIBUTION**\n\n**Decypher**\n\n**Marquess of Lothian (Washington), 18th September, 1939**\n\n**D.**  \n8.22 p.m.  \n18th September, 1939  \n**R.**  \n5.00 a.m.  \n19th September, 1939  \n**No. 513**  \n123  \n\nMr. Greene at the State Department asked me this morning if an answer to the question submitted by the United States Ambassador to the Foreign Office about goods in transit to China via Burma could be expedited. He said lawyers there had finally advised that, provided that adequate assurances were available, implements of war could be despatched to countries not embargoed by Neutral Powers Act, through countries at war and therefore subject to embargo. He said that a ... question would probably soon arise about goods for the Shanghai Municipal Police via Hongkong, for Siam via Singapore and for arms designed to equip Liberia to resist a local Nazi coup, in British and French ships touching at our ports before they reached Monrovia. In that ... all they want is a definite understanding that embargoed goods will not be stopped en route to Burma or elsewhere but will be allowed to go through to their destination. An early reply will oblige.",
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        "title": "CO129-575-3 Japanese affairs 2-1-1939 - 21-12-1939",
        "content_text": "# Japan\n\n## Foreign Affairs\n\nFollowing the introduction in the United States Senate of two resolutions, the first being that of the 11th July for an embargo on exports to Japan, and the second being Senator Vandenberg's motion of the 18th July for the abrogation of the Commercial Agreement of 1911 with Japan, the Administration suddenly announced on the 26th July its own decision to abrogate the treaty by executive action. Despite attempts to explain away this move, the news was received with something like consternation in Japan.\n\n### Nuremberg Congress\n\n#### Germany\n\n253. On the 18th July, envoys representing the Japanese army, navy, and commerce and industry left to attend the Nuremberg Congress on the invitation of the German Government.\n\n### German-Japanese Trade Agreement\n\n254. On the 28th July, a trade agreement between the two countries was provisionally signed in Berlin, subject to formal ratification by both Governments.\n\n### Occupied Areas\n\n#### China\n\n255. On the 10th July, Wang Ching-wei issued a statement urging the desirability of peace between Japan and China. This was timed to coincide with the meeting at Tsingtao of the Joint Commission of the North and Central China régimes. There were rumours that Wang would shortly be asked to become the head of a unified régime in China.\n\n### Military Operations\n\n256. Chungking was again bombed by Japanese naval aircraft on the 6th, 24th, and 31st July, the last mentioned being the tenth raid of the war. The United States Government, on the 10th July, made a strong protest to the Japanese Government regarding damage to United States property in previous raids on Chungking.\n\n257. After the issue on the 16th July of a warning to third-Power nationals, Japanese forces began on the 18th a blockade of Swabue.\n\n258. The Pearl River was closed by the Japanese military authorities for two weeks from the 28th July.\n\n### Foreign Interests\n\n259. On the 11th July, the Kulangsu Municipal Council rejected the Japanese demands for reform of the administration of the settlement. Japanese obstruction of food and fuel supplies to the settlement continued and drew a sharp protest from the United States Government on the 17th July.\n\n### U.S.S.R.\n\n#### Departure of Soviet Chargé d'Affaires\n\n260. On the 6th July, M. Smetanin, Soviet Chargé d'Affaires, departed for Moscow, leaving the embassy in charge of the second secretary.\n\n#### Mongolia\n\n261. The fighting on the Mongolian frontier continued. Important Japanese offensives appear to have been launched on the 3rd and 25th July, and in the opinion of competent observers, the Japanese had by the end of the month succeeded in driving back the Mongolian and Soviet forces to the line of the River Halha. There was a continuation of fighting in the air, in which the Japanese, as usual, claimed striking successes. They admitted, however, that on the 16th July, hostile aircraft had succeeded in bombing the important railway centre of Fularki.\n\n### Saghalien\n\n262. Friction continued over the alleged Russian pressure on Japanese oil and coal interests in Saghalien. On the 24th July, the Soviet Government rejected a protest which had been made by the Japanese Ambassador on the subject on the 29th July.\n\n### General Policy\n\n263. Statements of policy were made by Baron Hiranuma on the 6th July to the press, and on the 20th to the Asia Development Committee. The Prime Minister's language was, as usual, inconclusive, but his references to foreign affairs and to the external situation generally were less unfavourable from the British point of view than might have been expected. Reports from confidential sources indicated that he was personally strongly opposed to a military alliance with Germany and Italy. At the same time, there was reason to believe at the end of the month that a further effort would shortly be made by the extremist elements to secure a reconsideration of the alliance proposal.\n\n## Internal Affairs\n\n264. In spite of preoccupation with the conduct of the campaign in China, and with the complex international situation, the Japanese Government are not unmindful of the numerous problems which require attention at home, and consideration is now being given to certain important proposals.\n\n265. In the first place, it seems possible that a scheme for the formation of a separate Ministry of Trade may materialise in the near future. That is not a new idea, as it has been felt for many years past that there would be advantages in combining under one roof the various bureaux or sections devoted to matters of trade now existing in the Ministries for Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Industry, Agriculture and Forestry, Finance, and Overseas Affairs. The complex machinery of trade control which has been brought into being has rendered centralisation more important than ever, and it is understood from press reports that the Cabinet have agreed in principle that something must be done. The Planning Board has accordingly been asked to draw up a scheme, which is now receiving attention.\n\n266. Secondly, it appears that the matter of a thorough reform of the taxation system of the country, both as regards central and provincial taxes, will probably form the subject of discussion at the next session of the Diet. It is felt that the present system of taxation is too antiquated, and that as a result of temporary expedients in the way of increases in taxation, it has become excessively complicated, with the natural result that the burden of taxation is unequally distributed. It is proposed, therefore, to introduce a radical reform with the object of equalising the incidence of taxation among different classes of the people and of giving elasticity to, and simplifying, the system as a whole. A sub-committee of the Taxation System Enquiry Commission is engaged upon an examination of the problem, and it has been stated in the press that their aim is to secure an increase in revenue of the amount of 500 million yen.\n\n267. The Government is also taking steps to put into effect certain provisions for a Law for the Control of the Distribution of Rice, which was passed during the last session of the Diet. The object of this measure is to discourage speculation in rice and to guard against any abnormal increase in price owing to war conditions. The law provides, inter alia, for the establishment of a Japan Rice Company, which will operate markets for dealings in the cereal, these markets taking the place of the existing rice exchanges, which will be abolished.\n\n### Anniversary of the Loukowkiao Incident\n\n268. The 7th July was observed in Japan as a day of self-denial. The people had been urged to shun amusements and to take only the simplest meals. Notices were displayed in the streets with the slogan: \"One soup, one dish,\" and the consumption of alcoholic drinks and smoking were deprecated. Cafés and bars closed for the day, and cinemas and theatres closed at P.M. The brilliant neon lights so dear to the Japanese heart were extinguished, and it is reported that the Yoshiwara was deserted.\n\n269. On the evening of the 6th July, the Prime Minister gave a press interview, in the course of which the Government's aims and intentions for the conclusion of the China incident were restated.\n\nPage 50\nPage 51",
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        "content_text": "# \n## Subject.\n\n7. Tientsin. Embargo on export of wool. Request for removal of embargo as interfering with legitimate trade\n\n8. Tsingtao. Discrimination against British shipping.\n\nSince the capture of Tsingtao by the Japanese, British shipping has been prevented from using the commercial harbour.\n\n## First Representation. Present situation.\n\n| Date        | Representation | Response    |\n|-------------|---------------|-------------|\n| November 5  | note verbale   | No reply    |\n| December 16 | further note   | No reply    |\n| April 1938  | (oral)         |             |\n| July 14     | (written)      |             |\n\nReasons given by the Japanese Government, blockading of the harbour entrance and military necessity, have become out of date with the opening of the entrance at the beginning of August and the removal of the main area of hostilities to Central and South China. In November, British ships were compelled to remain outside the harbour in a high wind, which prevented communication with the land; applications made to the Japanese naval mission for entry into the harbour being refused, although the berths were more than half empty. No steps have yet been taken by the Japanese authorities to open the harbour to any but Japanese transports and ordinary Japanese merchant ships; and discrimination against British ships continues.\n\n9. Tsingtao. Refusal, in spite of frequent applications, to allow Asiatic Petroleum Company's motor vessel `Hai Kwang` to enter Tsingtao harbour for the purpose of filling the company's oil tanks.\n\n| Date       | Representation | Response    |\n|------------|----------------|-------------|\n| October 22 |                | No reply    |\n\n10. Tsingtao. Discrimination against British trade and banks.\n\nIn August, a protest was made against cargoes being held up because their export was not financed through the Yokohama Specie Bank. It was subsequently explained that they had really been held up for military examination, and they were released. Similar discrimination, however, reappeared in November when four export applications on the part of British firms were refused—notwithstanding the fact that the financing of one of them was arranged in Federal Reserve currency through the Bank Chosen.\n\n| Date      | Representation | Response    |\n|-----------|----------------|-------------|\n| December 8|                | No reply    |\n\n11. Tsingtao. Forcible seizure by Japanese naval authorities of Customs vessel `Haian` at Tsingtao on June 21.\n\n| Date    | Representation | Response                  |\n|---------|----------------|---------------------------|\n| June 23 |                | Japanese Government took...|\n| July 6  |                | ...the line that these...  |\n\nJapanese Government took the line that these seizures were necessary to prevent arms smuggling. His Majesty's Embassy pointed out that the prevention of arms smuggling was a matter for the Japanese armed forces, and that the Japanese proceedings, besides being high-handed, interfered with the workings of the Customs. No explanation has yet been given of the forcible eviction of the foreign officers and their replacement by inexperienced Japanese.\n\nPage 220  \nPage 221",
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        "document_key": "CO129-587-9 Smuggling of kerosene oil and other commodities into China 22-4-1940 - 19-6-1940",
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        "title": "CO129-587-9 Smuggling of kerosene oil and other commodities into China 22-4-1940 - 19-6-1940",
        "content_text": "## Enclosure No.3\n\n1. carried on in tugs and lighters between this Colony and Canton, and it must be admitted that this affords a channel for trade which the Colony could ill afford to lose.\n\n4. Kerosene, on which the Commissioner lays some emphasis, provides a particular case in point, for it is well known that, despite the prohibition of the Chungking Government, the Japanese are importing vast quantities of kerosene from Formosa to Canton and Swatow under the guise of Military supplies, and it would appear inequitable that legitimate British interests should alone be handicapped by pretending that lawlessness does not exist and by adopting a course of action which the rivals of those interests overcome by force of arms.\n\n5. Since the importation of kerosene is prohibited by the Chungking Government it would appear that the present question is not one of revenue since no duties can be collected on articles subject to embargo, but rather one of currency conservation, as Mr. Pritchard points out. In this respect, however, our national interests are at least equally concerned. This Government is constantly urged to take all possible steps to sell sterling products to non-sterling groups, and I presume that it is not the desire of His Majesty's Government to hinder that process simply to assist the currency of a friendly nation.\n\n6. Whatever embargo the Central Government may impose it appears certain that the consumer in China is, with some justification, determined to have his kerosene oil. If the flow of that commodity were to be seriously checked in Hong Kong there can be little doubt that this would be rapidly transferred to Macao, and any attempt to ration that colony, by means of the Defence Regulations to which I have referred above, to quantities considered legitimate for consumption there, would almost certainly be considered at least as an unfriendly act. The Japanese interests, in the meantime, would reap an even richer harvest than at present.\n\n7. I enclose also herewith a copy of an interim reply to the Commissioner of Chinese Maritime Customs which I have directed to be sent pending the receipt of your advice in connection with the general questions of policy involved.\n\nI have the honour to be,\nSir,\nYour most obedient, humble servant,\n**The Governor**",
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        "document_key": "CO129-627-5 Annual report to Parliament 1-1-1951 - 31-3-1951",
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        "title": "CO129-627-5 Annual report to Parliament 1-1-1951 - 31-3-1951",
        "content_text": "FOR SECRETARY OF STATE'S ANNUAL REPORT TO \n\nFARLIAMENT. 1950-51.\n\nKEEP ON File.2\n\n5\n\nInformation Dept. to check later with Hong Kong Dept. and Supplies Dept. in case evaluation is possible.\n\nInformation Dept. to insert reference to para. on the financial agreement which has been prepared by Finance Dept.\n\nHONG KONG.\n\nDuring the past year Hong Kong has naturally been considerably affected by the establishment of the authority of the Central People's Government over the whole of China and by the unsettled conditions of the Far East generally.\n\nIn view of these conditions His Majesty's Government have maintained in the Colony the substantial reinforcements of all arms which were originally sent for the protection of Hong Kong in May, 1949. These forces have undertaken vigorous training, the value of which has been proved by the two battalions sent from Hong Kong to Korea in September 1950, and have maintained themselves in a state of preparedness. During the summer, a number of incidents occurred in which ships using the south-western approaches to Hong Kong were fired on from Chinese islands near the Colony; protests were made in Peking, but no reply has been received.\n\nDespite difficulties in the early part of the year due to the Chinese Nationalists' blockade of ports on the mainland of China and over the running of through trains between Canton and Hong Kong, the Colony's trade, both with China and the rest of the world, continued to prosper. The outbreak of fighting in Korea in June did not have the immediate serious effect expected, and up till the end of November 1950, trade figures were breaking all records.\n\nHowever, the American embargo on trade with China, which followed on the Chinese intervention in Korea in December 1950, could not but have an adverse effect on Hong Kong's trade and industry, which cannot at present be fully evaluated.\n\nIn the early part of the year, refugees from China continued to flood into Hong Kong to such an extent that in May, 1950, control of Chinese immigration from China to Hong Kong was introduced for the first time in the history of the Colony. Among the other events during the year, the most important was the financial agreement reached in May, 1950, between His Majesty's Government and the Hong Kong Government, details of which are given in paragraph...",
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        "content_text": "456B) Wt. 32483/800 100m. 11/48 C.N.Ld. 748\n\nhuri Vnient\n\nFairclough 23/1\n\nC. O.\n\nMr. Anderson 2\n\n25/1\n\nMr. Hall 25/1\n\nMr. Sidebo Hamm 25/katn\n\nMr...\n\nDRAFT. Section of Annual Report to Plt.\n\nYour Reference.\n\nTop\n\nV\n\n2 schemes\n\nin\n\nWhits Laser pt.\n\nFermt. U.S. of S.\n\nParly. U.S. S.\n\nMinister of State\n\nSecretary of State\n\nFURTHER ACTION.\n\nHONG KONG During the past year Hong Kong has naturally been considerably affected by the establishment of the authority of the Central People's Government over the whole of China and by the unsettled conditions of the Far East generally. In view of these conditions His Majesty's Government have maintained in the Colony the substantial reinforcements of all arms which were originally sent for the protection of Hong Kong in May, 1949. These forces have undertaken vigorous training, the value of which has been proved by the two battalions sent from Hong Kong to Korea in September 1950, and have maintained themselves in a state of preparedness.\n\nDuring the summer, a number of incidents occurred in which ships using the south-western approaches to Hong Kong were fired on from Chinese islands near the Colony; protests were made in Peking, but no reply has been received.\n\nDespite difficulties in the early part of the year due to the Chinese Nationalists' blockade of ports on the mainland of China and over the running of through trains between Canton and Hong Kong, the Colony's trade, both with China and the rest of the world, continued to prosper. The outbreak of fighting in Korea in June did not have the immediate serious effect expected, and up till the end of November 1950, trade figures were breaking all records.\n\nHowever, the American embargo on trade with China...",
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