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Enclosure 3 in Sir E. Satow's No. 93 of March 3rd, 1906
MEMORANDUM
handed to Prince Ch'ing by Sir E. Satow
C.O. 16085 RECEIVED 5 MAY 06
at the interview of February 17th, 1906.
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CANTON-KOWLOON RAILWAY.
On December 12th Sir E. Satow received a letter from Prince Ch'ing stating that the Viceroy of Canton had been requested by telegram to delegate an official to discuss the question of the Canton-Kowloon Railway with a representative of the British and Chinese Corporation, and that His Excellency had replied that as soon as the Corporation's representative arrived in Canton a deputy would be appointed to negotiate with him.
On December 27th Sir E. Satow informed Prince Ch'ing that the Viceroy had appointed officials to meet the Corporation's representative but that in the two interviews which had taken place they merely said that the Viceroy wished to cancel the preliminary agreement of March 28th, 1899.
Sir E. Satow did not consider this a proper method of dealing with a solemn contract to which the Chinese Government were a party and he requested Prince Ch'ing to move the Viceroy to issue such instructions at once to his delegates as would ensure that the negotiations were conducted in accordance with the ordinary rules of international business.
On January 12th, 1906, Sir E. Satow addressed another Note