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This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[28886]
No. 1.
[September 1.]
SECTION 1.
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Sir Edward Grey to Mr. Carnegie.
(No. 157.)
(Telegraphic.) P.
SHANGHAE-NANKING Railway loan.
See my telegram No. 107 of the 1st June last.
Foreign Office, September 1, 1906.
I am informed by the British and Chinese Corporation that they received a telegram from their representative on the 21st August to the effect that a decision in regard to this loan had been promised by the Vice-President of the Board of Foreign Affairs in three weeks,
Canton-Kowloon Railway.
See my telegram No. 142 of the 3rd August.
Telegram from Bland further reported that Tang expressed the hope that these negotiations would commence that week. Bland was, however, of opinion that unless His Majesty's Legation at Peking made representations on the subject unreasonable delay would continue.
His Majesty's Government are at a loss to explain the reason for these continued delays, and I request that you will inform the Chinese Government to that effect.
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