[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA RAILWAYS.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[24812]
No. 1.
413
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[July 4.10
SECTION
28 JUL 10,
Question asked in the House of Commons, July 4, 1910.
Mr. Arbuthnot,To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the Chinese Government are a consenting party to the terms of the agreement signed at Paris on the 25th May for the financing and construction of the Hankow-Szechuan Railway by representatives of certain British, French, and American groups, and whether the terms and conditions of this agreement were communicated to and approved by His Majesty's Government before its conclusion.
Answer.
The Chinese Government are now to be asked to agree to the terms of the arrangement recently come to in Paris. His Majesty's Government were generally aware and approved of the terms and conditions of the agreement before its
conclusion.
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