§ 15. Mr. BARRasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what instructions have been issued to His Majesty's Consul-General at Hankow in regard to his relations with the Cantonese authorities, in view of the fact that Mr. Goff was appointed to the post before the Canton Government obtained control of that region?
§ Sir A. CHAMBERLAINHis Majesty's Government desire that British representatives in those parts of China which are under the control of the Cantonese authorities should deal with those authorities so far as possible in a friendly spirit, and His Majesty's Consul-General at Hankow has been instructed accordingly.