TROUBLE IN CHINA.
HONGKONG, August 29. An Imperial Edict has been issued prohibiting the importation into China of firearms, ammunition, and machinery, but implying that they may be locally manufactured. The Edict is regarded as a voluntary act on the part of the Emperor. It mentions that merchants had clandestinely imported certain goods, and referred to the disturbances created by brigands. At a meeting of the foreign Ministers Sir E. M. Satow proposed to return the Edict, but he was over-ruled. The objectionable portions of the Edict were, however, eliminated, and an appendix added to the draft protocol, the Ministers informing the Chinese envoys that the Emperor's prohibition applied equally to official imports.
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Lake County Press, Issue 978, 5 September 1901, Page 7
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