Extract from telegram by Viceroy to Wei Wu Pu of the 3rd March proposing that Tang Shao Yi be appointed to negotiate.
Tang Shao Yi is now in control of the Railway Administration, and, moreover, as a native of Canton, is fully conversant with the situation. I would suggest that Mr. Tang open negotiations at once with the British Minister, with a view to a satisfactory settlement which, when communicated to Canton, will be duly carried out.