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ion is prepared to furnish the g 2,000,000 required.
r. Liang ib-yi was also in favour of the under-
aking, but added that nothing could be effect ed
*without allowing a marcin of free money for the Sant on
overnment of the moment ". This last remark ranre-
rents, I think, the cra of the situation. Sun Yat-sen
of course, in desperate need of funds, and can
obably be induced to do almost anything in return
(or en immediate cakḥ advance. The matter appears
erefore to depend on whether we are or are not
prepared in the present case to denart from our policy
f abstaining from giving financial assistance to any
o the contending factions in China.
On the 23rd vltimo I received a telegrAT
"om the Governor of Mangkong informing me that is
Excellency was practically certain that he could
Induce Dr. Sun to consent tothe immediate construc-
ion of the Junction line by means of a loan from the
Pitish and Chinese Corporation on terma similar to
oee under which the Chinese section of the railway
jad been constructed, the money for the purchase of the
/necessary
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