No.214.
Commercial.
My Lord:-
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PARIS.
July 19th, 1897.
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In my despatch No.198 Commercial of the 7th instant, I had the honour to draw your Lordship's attention to the dangers which in the opinion of the correspondent of the Lyons Chamber of Commerce Mission, the opening of the Si-Kiang would entail to French trade.
Yesterday's "Politique Coloniale" publishes an "open letter" addressed to Monsieur Riotteau the Deputy appointed to draw up the report on next year's Colonial Estimates, which takes a gloomy view of the future trade prospects of the Langson Railway.
The writer alleges that the traffic returns which showed a considerable movement as long as the line was under construction, have now fallen "without
The Marquess of Salisbury, K.G.
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