E.
- LA BATASKAL
Decypher. Sir J. Jordan. Peking. April 25th. 1914.
į d. April 25th,11 20 a.m. r 1250 p.m.)
To 95.
423
0.0.
15189
27 APK
Your telegram No 71.
Macdonald & Co.
Understand that the present scheme of
esɛrs/p1 is for a railway from Wuchow to Pose and thence to Mengtze and Ssumao. The Governor of Hong- Kong vouches for the respectability of the firm and their agent here for their capacity to finance such a scheme. But his record does not inspire confidence and his statement
will (group omitted frequire?} confirmation. I am telegr- aphing to His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton for further
that information. In spite of French statement they regard 1896 agreement as obsolete (group-entered fee="khabi) wide an incursion into southern Yunan as is proposed might be open to objection, and I am informed by Macdonald's agent that a line to lengtze only would be sufficient to tap miner - als deposits of that district.
60
While I have no information that the
Chinese wish to construct Wuchow-Pose-Mengtze line and am not sanguine that the project will materialize, I see no reason why we should not give it such support as circumstances may
seem to justify.