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Bro 30 MAR 09
Paraphrase of Telegram from Sir J. Jordan, No.70,
dated March 27th, 1909.
in
Canton-Hankow Railway Loan. Your telegram No.55
of 26th March.
Second statement attributed to Bland is, he de-
clares, entirely false, he is informing Cordes of this.
It appears to have been used as the merest pretext.
I consider that for British interests in the
Yang-tsze valley the situation threatens to become
very serious.