Paraphrase of Telegram from Mr.Carnegie to Sir E. Grey,
No. 100, dated May 14th. 1906.
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With reference to your telegram No. 93 of the 12th instant on the subject of the Soochow-Ningpo railway I have the honour to inform you that no replies have been received from the Wai-wu Pu and the attitude of the Chekiang Governor is unchanged.
The delegates of the Canton Viceroy and the representative of the British and Chinese Corporation came to an understanding at Canton that the negotiations should be transferred to Peking; Mr. Bland therefore arrived here on the 29th ultimo and a discussion on the affairs of the Shanghai-Nanking railway has been proceeding between him and the Director General.
On the 12th instant after consulting Mr. Bland I sent a Note to the Wai-wu Pu requesting that a negotiator for the Canton-Kowloon loan agreement should be appointed here.
I also sent in another Note at the same time requesting the appointment here of a negotiator to arrange ...