AND IS
adainistration as the main line.
His Highness turned a deaf ear to all
arguments and merely repeated that he could not
interfere with the Whampoa scheme which was a
separate watter altogether from the Canton
Kowloon railway.
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I will bring this question to the attention
of Sir John Jordan as soon as possible after his
arrival in Peking.
I have the honour to be,
with the highest rospect,
sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
(inued) Lancels D. Carnegie
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