[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA RAILWAYS.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[18403]
No. 1.
19075
Rece
JUN 09
[May 13.]
SECTION 1.
454
Questions asked in the House of Commons, May 13, 1909.
Mr. Lonsdale,To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether an arrangement has been made with regard to the construction of the Hankow- Szechuan Railway which involves the surrender of the rights secured to the British under the Agreement concluded by Sir Ernest Satow with Prince Ch'ing in October 1903; and whether this arrangement has the approval of His Majesty's Government.
Captain Murray,--To ask whether he can state the present position in regard to the
construction of the proposed railway from Hankow to Szechuan.
Answer by Mr. McKinnon Wood (for Sir Edward Grey).
In reply to this question, and that asked by the honourable and gallant Member for Kincardine, negotiations respecting the construction of this line are proceeding. No definite Agreement has yet been concluded, and for the present I am unable to make any statement.
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