Hau now
livre.
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3). I approve of your scuding tuin the telegraw
proposed in
your
fourth paragraph; You should hink to hun that unless the Canton Viceroy aboudous his opposition to the construction of the Canton Howlvon railway up to our proutier by the Britiol and Cluniac Corporation and
to the joint working agreement for the Chinese and there is in my opinion considerable risk of
not getting the money
Amurricans.
British sections,
Fio
he wants to pay off the The mains undurement is Houg Hong to provide the funds is the prospect of the construction of the Canton Kowloon line being
assunt.
4). My Fruch colleague has evidently been telling
the ivuthang Viceroy that we have agreed with the Frauch government is het Casen friance and cousinect the section from Chength to Schaug, you will have secu Reuters lélegrous about the proposed agreement with France but I have
to believe that the statement made ar at least pramaturq.
Madon
-Calow
XLIX
Lo
Governor Heus Kong
How. NBB.U. Quinistër.
Pekeng
Desp. 2. per.
(No 9)
Reed 3.16) 23:8; 08
Your telegram of August 27
Consutati Grasral
telegraphed to me August 21 as follows :
"Your telegrain of 14th During
au cinterview.
ke 10
today the Viceroy owned to the telegram, declives to Reoquire and carry out the @qxwest
of the 7th June 1899.
Agnatural” was
predecessors;
He argues that the
never officially accepted by this that the agrunt was the