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(in Sir J. Jordan's & 303 he Spaces
June 25/07
to Sin John Jordan K.C.M.
H.M.Consulate General,
Copyr
No. 63.
sir,
609
Hankow.
June 18, 1907.97
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LAUG 12 1907
I have the honour to report the gist of an interview,
lasting three and a half hours, which Mr Hillier and I had
with the Viceroy Chang on the 16th instant regarding his
proposed loan for the ostensible purpose of provincial
public works.
Upon his arrival on the 14th instant Mr Hillier handed
me an English draft ( of which I understand you have a
copy ) of a Loan Agreement and, aided by the text of pre-
vious
greements, I contrived to translate it myself into
Chinese by the following afternoon and the Chinese w88
then written out by a trustworthy employé of the Hongkong
and Shanghai Bank.
The Viceroy bagan the interview by asking what had oo-
curred in the loan mutter after Messrs Bland and Hillier's
return to Peking on May 20th.
He smiled at President Ta'ên's unwillingness to father
the suggestion to the Throne of a railway loan and showed
Sir John Jordan K.C..G.
&C.
&c.
&G.,
Peking.
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