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Dam A.B. M. Consul General Hankow,
Deep". 3 p.m. 12/10/05;
Your telegram of 4th October. »
To Governor Hongkong 8-51 pn. 12/10/05)
Canton - Hankow Railway bouds. I have seen the Viceroy who begs you
to make a
further loan of £450,000 on identical terms 'co as to Enable him ↳ redeem these bonds at two and a half per cent premium prescribed by the Americas afriemers,
Iki Belgian Minisher vupported by the Heuch is making a pretext of then being left unpaid for claiming from the Chuitse Governmend the sole right to take up the lapsed concession unless partraps it is transferred to other Americans. Unht this bunden is clear off the Chinese Foreign Office therefore shictly forbid On Vicnoy to raise any foreign loan for this line and consequently the privilegs gained for our people is cudangcred.
The Viceroy a fund me that the payment of thux boudo córki Culivaly Exhiquish al forcign inbreds in tu tailway in question, and that the original security is quite sufficiens to cover the proposed supplemcndang
Loan.
The Viceroy wile, ou hearsing that you agree to this proposal, give the boudholders the four months holic prescribed and will leave the particulars
t
arrange
with us later,
The British & Chemise Corporation could only lend as an ifthe price which would, as the deere covers a paper currency loan only, Expose the Viceroy to attack from his Enemies for his failure to suscepfully complete tu hausaction.
The Viceroy hush therefore this you Jovernment wih consond to again afust him and he recoquizes the magnitude of his obligalious to you. I have repeated this Felyram to Jr, BMI, Munistu 25 Patung.
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