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made it quite clear that the Chinese Government have no

intention of unnecessarily tying their hands in regard to

the administration of their section of the Canton-Kowloon

railway. I pointed out the immense advantages that would

accrue to the future trunk line from Hankow in having ac-

cees to such a port as Hongkong. His Excellency admitted

the force of my argument, but replied that it cut both

ways, adding that he would instruct his representative in

Hongkong to negotiate in a most conciliatory spirit, but

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only on (basis of through running powere.

I must confeas that neither the wording of the Loan

Agreement nor the minutes of the discussions between Tong-

Shao-yi, the newly appointed President of the Foard of

Communications, and Mr. Bland, the representative of the

British and Chinese Corporation, that preceded the final

adoption of article 18 of the Loan Agreement, appear to

me to justify our demand for joint management. "Joint

working of the two Sections" is the expression used in

Article 18 of the Loan Agreement, and it is difficult to

maintain that these words necessarily imply joint manage-

ment, while the minutes of the discussions point rather

to

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