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occurred. It was stated to the Viceroy that
. Casenave "is acting with Mr. Bland in
representing the British and ChineseCorpora-
tion, an English Company, whereof the
executive control is British and which
proposes to finance and construct Chinese
railways by loans issued in London...
The association of French capital in this
business (for which the Corporation is and
must remain solely responsible) is the
result of internal and purely financial ar-
rangements made by the Corporation with a
certain powerful French banking house with a
view to ensuring th. ready provision of
capital for railway and other enterprises
in China".
8.
It app ars from the enclosures to
under reply thair.Hillier
your letters
(presumably an agent of the Hongkong and
Shanghai Bank) and His Majesty's Consul
General at Hankow have now presented to the
Viceroy