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that joint management, especially when one section is
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under the control of a novice in Railway Administration,
is far the best system. His Majesty's Government obtained
the concession for this particular Railway among others as
compensation for the breach of faith by China in granting
the concession for the Peking-Hankow Railway to a Belgian
Syndicate, and it is justifiable therefore to insist on the
acceptance by the Chinese Goverment of the best system of
management in the interest of the Railway as a whole.
4.
I attach copy of the letter of
the 5th. October, 1908, to which the Board of Communica-
-tions refer together with copies of Mr. Grove's letters
on the same subject. It will be seen that the letter
refers
only to
settling types of rolling stock and is not
capable of the interpretation the Board put upon it.
I have just received Your Lord-
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-ship's telegram of the 4th. instant and in accordance
with your instructions Mr. E.
S. Lindsey will leave for
Peking today.
I have the honour to be, My Lord,
Your Lordshop's most obedient,
humble servant,
Amay
Officer Administering the Govern-
-ment.