아편 수입금지 조항에 대한 Kimberley경의 견해 전달
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Sir L. Mallet to Mr. Currie.-(Received September 25)
India Office, September 25, 1883
Sir,
WITH reference to Mr. Currie’s letter of the 31st ultimo relative to a Treaty with the Government of Corea, I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to inform you that his Lordship, having communicated by telegraph with the Government of India, has now received a reply to the effect that while they see no harm in recognizing the prohibition by Corea of the importation of opium, it is feared that if Her Majesty’s Government undertake to prohibit its importation, the position of the Government of India in regard to the general opium question will be weakened.
With this opinion I am to state the Earl of Kimberley concurs. Article VII of the Treaty negotiated by Vice-Admiral Willes appears to his Lordship to be inadmissible. Her Majesty’s Government could not undertake to punish a British subject for conveying opium or any other exportable article from a port in British dominions, and any interference with this trade on their part would prove extremely embarrassing in negotiations with China on the opium question, especially in view of the relations of Corea with China.
The clause proposed by Sir H.S. Parkes is not open to this objection, and Lord Kimberley does not consider that the making of opium contraband in Corea need in itself be opposed from the point of view of Indian interests; but Lord Granville will doubtless consider whether the insertion in the Treaty of such a clause as is proposed will give China any opening to claim a similar concession.
I am to suggest that it may be better to omit all mention of opium in the body of the Treaty, and simply to enter it as contraband in the Tariff Schedule.
As regards the question of medical opium, the definition of the term proposed by Sir H.S. Parkes does not appear to be given in the letter under acknowledgment, or in the papers which accompanied it. Lord Kimberley, however, does not see any objection to Sir H.S. Parkes’ proposal that an exception should be made in favour of medicinal opium, if this can be done without giving rise to practical difficulties in administration.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LOUIS MALLET
India Office, September 25, 1883
Sir,
WITH reference to Mr. Currie’s letter of the 31st ultimo relative to a Treaty with the Government of Corea, I am directed by the Secretary of State for India to inform you that his Lordship, having communicated by telegraph with the Government of India, has now received a reply to the effect that while they see no harm in recognizing the prohibition by Corea of the importation of opium, it is feared that if Her Majesty’s Government undertake to prohibit its importation, the position of the Government of India in regard to the general opium question will be weakened.
With this opinion I am to state the Earl of Kimberley concurs. Article VII of the Treaty negotiated by Vice-Admiral Willes appears to his Lordship to be inadmissible. Her Majesty’s Government could not undertake to punish a British subject for conveying opium or any other exportable article from a port in British dominions, and any interference with this trade on their part would prove extremely embarrassing in negotiations with China on the opium question, especially in view of the relations of Corea with China.
The clause proposed by Sir H.S. Parkes is not open to this objection, and Lord Kimberley does not consider that the making of opium contraband in Corea need in itself be opposed from the point of view of Indian interests; but Lord Granville will doubtless consider whether the insertion in the Treaty of such a clause as is proposed will give China any opening to claim a similar concession.
I am to suggest that it may be better to omit all mention of opium in the body of the Treaty, and simply to enter it as contraband in the Tariff Schedule.
As regards the question of medical opium, the definition of the term proposed by Sir H.S. Parkes does not appear to be given in the letter under acknowledgment, or in the papers which accompanied it. Lord Kimberley, however, does not see any objection to Sir H.S. Parkes’ proposal that an exception should be made in favour of medicinal opium, if this can be done without giving rise to practical difficulties in administration.
I have, &c.
(Signed) LOUIS MALLET
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- L. Mallet, Currie, Kimberley, Willes, H.S. Parkes, Kimberley, Granville, H.S. Parkes, Kimberley, H.S. Parkes, LOUIS MALLET
