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PFKINOL
46489
RERS 13 DEC 03
25 October 1908,
498
Confidential.
Sir,
Hankow
Oct 12th.
Hankow
Oct. 20th.
43321
REC'd 12. 1903.
I have the honour to enclose for your information,
and with special reference to my despatch No.457 of
October 14th, copies of further correspondence with
His Majesty's Consul General at Hankow on Hunan and
Hupeh Railways.
I learn by a telegram of October 22nd from Mr.Fraser
that the Grand Secretary Chang Chih-tung telegraphed a
warning that the Canton-Hankow railway loan should not
be discussed with anyone except himself, and enquiring
the exact date of Mr.Bland's arrival in Peking.
I have the honour to be,
with the highest respect,
Sir,
your most obedient, humble servant,
The Right Honourable
Sir Edward Grey, Bart.,
&C.
&C.
sd/ J.M.Jordan.