'Volume II. MEMORANDA REGARDING OTHER EXTERNAL AFFAIRS. 1905.' [‎70v] (145/228)

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in the Province of Yunnan. Lieutenant
Grillieres had resumed his travels and the
Superintendent and Political Officer at
Thaunggyi recently reported that Lieutenant
Grillieres had marched without escort from
Chiengmai via Mong Hang and Mong Hsat
to Keng Lap Bn route to Mong Sing, thus
passing through the British Shan States of
Mong Pan and Kengtung. The Lieutenant
did not obtain any previous permission from
any British official.
The Lieutenant-Governor of Burma pro
posed to inform the Superintendent . at
Taunggyi, who had asked him for instructions
in respect of future cases, that there is. no
objection to the journeys of properly accredited
Prench travellers in the Shan States, and
that he may give permission for such journeys,
reporting the circumstances to the Local
Government, although it would not, of course,
he expedient to permit journeys through or
towards the Wa States, or in other localities,
where untoward incidents might occur.
17. Under existing orders, which were
issued in 1903, French officials travelling on
transfer are permitted, under certain condi
tions, to traverse British territory by a road
running from Hsop-huok through Mong Lin
and Namlo to Keng Lap.
In reply to their present letter, the
Government of Burma have been informed that
the Government of India have no objection to
the existing orders being extended so as to
include duly accredited French travellers, as
well as officials, and that the orders may he held
to refer to other routes than the one described
above; but that it would be inexpedient that per
mission for French travellers to make journeys
in the Shan States should be granted in the
general terms suggested by the Government of
Burma, and the intention of the present orders
must be preserved by limiting the entry of
travellers to those who are bond fide passing
through the Shan States en route to French
or foreign territory, and are unaccompanied by
an escort.
18. With reference to paragraph 9 of
the Memorandum for June 1905, the Govern
ment of Burma telegraphed, on the 12th July
1905, that the Taotai Shih was to leave Ten-
gyueh on the 16th July probably via Yunnan
city, that the new Taotai had taken charge
on the 6th idem, and that Mr. Litton had ceased
to discuss the frontier question with Taotai
Shih when his transfer became inevitable.
This telegram was repeated to the Secretary
of State in answer to his telegram of the 24th
June 1905.
The Government of Burma have for
warded a further report from Mr. Litton on