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Minorandum of au in beview with tiu acting Vicnoy of Canton Isûn Chun losúan & D′9.8 Homise on 23/3/06
Chica
✔ spoke to an Viceroy about lîn National Credit of Chuina and said that lia nasme steed high in the comed bicause of the faithful falfilment of her agreements. I said that the effect could in most serious if Chuise wuuu to repudiati the prelivnuciary contact ciqued March 1899 ja the coushuction of lam Kuolon Caulon Railiony, The Viceroy replied that he did recoquisi itu validity of the pectumitiary contract referred to and this four dayp before he had caused a letter to be cutter, ↳ ilu Cousut Qenuel (Scott) Saying this in response to his memorial, au impurist zeonipt had bun ifcued, authorésing the commencement of negotiations for the final contact. J4€ Cxpreped thu hope that ita conditious would not be the same as tur Shanghai Nankung Pailway but this Quy woud be to some degree modifica. I said tha belt sure that the Governor of Houghõng would afcict to have tîn conditions made acceptable to Chuia but that an cloudial pectmurieny was tûs frank recoquilion of lim Validity of the fielimesi'arş Coutait, ffe said he did tecoquise ib validitų. Then he proceeded to state the forms that Chuie duiro and mentioned brms which cause obviously those suqquoted by the Piking Shanhai Kwan railway loan, but he olid not mention thu nanu of ttás railway. I vaid this I was not unberecho a lu Specific termin
the railway this tturâ chi for nepoliatin by lin partit uibusteol wolał Jiwas concerned with warliu qualie & repudiatio a recoquilim. Mi upcahothish did Eucoquin lubatudʻli", ✔ He spoke of la operement formally anteced into by the Chuíeu Qook whereby lu. coushuelin of the Shanghai Wanking railway and of the Kowloon Canton Railway was like suhasho to Utu British Copnation or termo no cinfucior to those granho u tu Case & lûr Jaking Hankow railway loan Hena - Beqiaus. I said this formal indutakuig bound Chuia to grant the same forms in the case of the Kowtom tailway us wire quambed un the cast of tai Shanghai railway. Vasoco tame any modification. of itu bering conation but this I felt sure the Bailist, could be mond zenonable. At repented the hope this the terms of tau Shangha's railway would in this can be modifica. I reminded him that he money could be obtained for the coustudion of a railway thu was het coubolus by the Syndicate thusey/ whom it was obtauild a I saw that thes uitution of a redemption Clause such as has baru cisciho is the British and others diffunt railway conkado absoluckey safequando lín Sovudige rights of Churia. J remundo him that in the car for Éxauple of the Iching Hankow Benchhuic China can recu un bauds að þar að any time after Tipkimbus 7 1907. Byla payment of £4,000,000 she has then a fully equipped branel but of 700 ruiles at present" manaj ed
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The hell result of of my conversation was that I formes their opinion, that he could consaɗ to the tortus of Em ShanhaiKwar luie qud subsquently vascertainice this thus was ten okuire of kin Coneul Ieneat who belitus thus he could with reasonethe hope of succefs undutakt negolialioms ou tuis baris.
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"I understand thus the cliff objection of the BMC Corporation to the Shanhai Kwan
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a tu omifuín of any claux providery this als materials cold a conshustion of the line shakı ki obłanied theoryl tûn capoution,