Enclosure No. 2 in Mr. Fraser's Semi-Official of October 12th, 1908.
Copy.
Translation.
46321
IEC 12 1903
TELEGRAM from CHANG CHIH-TUNG, October 10th, 1908.
From your two telegrams of October 7th I understand
that you propose to appoint the representative of the
British and Chinese Corporation to come to Peking to negotiate orally. Who is it who is sent, and when may he be
expected?
This line must within four years be continued to the
Kuangtung border. To secure speed it is imperative to push
on the laying down of the railway trace connecting Hunan
and that province, starting from Chu-Chou and ending at Loting in Kuangtung via Ch'ang Chou and I-
Chang, and it is equally necessary as soon as possible to
determine the proper number of sections on which work
should begin simultaneously. St. George Moore, being a
waterworks engineer, could never undertake the job, and
Ross also is probably not the right man. I propose to
engage from London an engineer of the best qualifications
and greatest experience to serve as Engineer-in-Chief, and
I beg you will promptly recommend me one, so that an agreement may be made with him and everything arranged at an
early date. Anxiously awaiting.
(Signed) CHANG,
Director-General of Canton-Hankow Railway.