Confidential.
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Aug 25
Abstract of Correspondence
Sir,
PEKING.
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OCT 19 1908
38 August 1908.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
Your Excellency's letter Secret Fo.2852/1907 of
August 6th, and with reference to the second and eighth
paragraphs and the postscript, I enclose for your
information copy of a despatch which I have addressed
to His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
on the subject of the difficulties which have arisen in
connection with the construction of the Chinese section
of the Canton-Kowloon railway.
with 70.
205 of May 11 7 874. Aug 19)
Fus
336 - July 21
Since my conversation with you in March, the policy
of the Chinese Government in regard to provincial railways
has become more declared and definite, and for the time
being, it is settled as a cardinal principle
that railways shall be subject to the direct control
of the Central Government as far as practicable. The
Board
His Excellency
Sir F.D.Lugard, K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.
&c.
&c.
&c.
HONGKONG.