Correspondence
MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 352 / 10 / 1
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Title
Correspondence
Shelfmark
MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 352 / 10 / 1
Summary
Correspondence on the appointment of new superintendent of Chinese telegraph office at Hong Kong (Chen Chang-Ying) by Peking Government prompting early decision from Canton over the removal of the office to Chinese territory; Clementi feels new taxes should be opposed by force if necessary and disbelief that likin will be abolished; British government policy opposes the use of force to attain political ends rather than protect life i.e. appeasement; French accept treaty tonnage dues and give consular clearance after customs refuse to; Foreign Office disagrees that tariff autonomy (instituted by China) will endanger "whole fabric of treaties" but agrees exercise of tariff autonomy by a regional autonomy should be resisted; Minister at Wei-hai-wei authorises Shanghai Consul to take similar action to France to prevent delay (i.e. accept treaty tonnage dues and give consular clearance to shipping); US reaction to new taxes and abolition of likin; Canton consul wants advice on how to handle the increased tonnage dues; Minister of Finance returns to Canton and tells manager of Mitsui Bussan Kaisha that Government may cancel increase of tonnage dues if proposed tax is higher than that in Britain and Japan; proposed reduction of British forces in China and air units for Tientsin; naval protection at Hankow; discussion between (Consul?) Shanghai and Japanese Minister and Consul of local situation; Clementi's opinion on the new extra-treaty taxes to be levied by the Nanking Government, which would extend to Kwangtung, the effect on Hong Kong trade and his recommendations including copy of the Nationalist Government's abolition of likin and imposition of dues; meeting of the Corps Diplomatique to secure that the same action should be taken by all the powers in respect to tonnage dues and two letters from Maze on a meeting between him and Nanking Minister of Finance; Custom's (Edwardes) opinion and recommendations; Chang Tso-lin forbids Edwardes to go to Shanghai and interview the Nanking Government; Eugene Chen leaves Hankow for Kukiang; Soviet trade mission in Canton raided; tension at Canton increases - Li Chai-sum refuses visitors after a second attempt on his life and attempt on the commissioner for Labour Feng Tse-wan and bomb attack to do with Seamen's Union; local protest against new taxes in Canton; the agreement reached between the Seamen's Union and the Steamboat Company, criticised by Clementi; desecration of the British and French cemeteries at Pakhoi; anti-communist speech by Gen. Li Lit-kwan.
Date
2-10 Aug 1927, 9 Nov 1927
Language
English
Physical extent
98 Leaves
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Collection contents
Hong Kong papers
Correspondence
Correspondence
