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Secret Despatele of 8/9/15.
Enclosure 2) 6 Secret Despar
closure of I
Saking. 18th Auques 1905-
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:
Dear Sir Matthew
It wil suor & renda itu vifuation & Mankow deaur
to you if I send you tîm Enstoyed copies of carespondence from Avastz.
The German Ninisher sut to vankow = MV Coidva, Connect with the Deutsch Aliatiche Bank to mak's offers to Chang Chilitung ui connexion with the purchase of V.P. Morqais uiterest
of
ttu
in (in Canton - Kankow huɛ. Chang refuse their help but Coins learnt from him or from some our in his confident the terms
erroryzmend with you and the news rapidly spread. The Deutsch Asiatiche Bank thereupon cá formed in Kongking and Shanghai Banking Corporation that the arrangement was a violative of an agreement" (apparently, mancing
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betwe. Ons koo
banks to shav at Chiricor gooommmens loan busnicks) and that they would take diplomelie vleps"
This seems to indricals that the 6.0. lakerf proposal
I of which ✓ have heard from 7A Campbela) for furnishing you with
the money to land to Chang has somehow leaked out.
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the
The Belgian French &tunishers here know als about arrangement with Chary and are no doubt doing ate they, can to frushate its conclusion, as ther, had always reqrided the Cantor. bankow huis as their own in prospect.
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Rockhik also is urguig Pooscout to prcount J.P. Morgan from vannendering his nituest. I have low him that You have only promised tu £1,100,one to Chang and that any further loan advanced ↳ Britse capitalislo for tur constuction of On luie does not criply a concepin to the British Goverment
In connexion with the Viceroyj, shpram publishe in Koughong on the st
✓ send you a
copy of written to James Scott to its contcuts I should like to add
letin & have revuthulep thas tim (.0. proposal for the Canton Hong Kong bis benig adhunished for form of years by a Board on which we shouw have a majority with probably if this Vicnoy carefully Lyamunis it, appear to him to justify the belief that it is crítended to have political consequences.
Sccousty that the cost of the Chrriers vection, as Lobesiated by the Exquicers of the BC Corporation, augmented by the high price of which they have to borrow capital wih apparently
it