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IBUTE.
kr. friksen, the senndirvian adviser to the
Chinese Talsgraph Administration, came to see me on
September 20th, about the question of the Chinese Telegraph
office in Hongkong, kr, Sriksen has been very helpful of
recent yours in minor telegraph and eable questions, and
hed to a certain extent been taken into the confide me of
E.M. Legation.
Re an id he was anzicus in the interests of the
Chinese Telegraph administration and the Cable Compa ni es
to assist if he pose iály eld in finding a salusion of
this vemed question, and that he had suggested to the
Direater General that the matter might be settled in a
106nnor satisfactwy to both parties by putting a foreign
Superintendent of the fhinese "legraph Administration
in sharge.
He added that it seemed to him possible that
the onhle Companies nå gst be able to resme pagotimtisus
wish china monetime next year on a new mais and that thi2
was an important reason wh, the status quo of the Chinese
Telegraph office in Hongseng #hould be maintained for
the time be ing. I told är. Eriksen that we bei explainsä
the position fully to a representatira of the Ministry of
Jacmani sa t ions and had really nothing more te sky, ka
regarde his suggestion about putting a foreign Superintendent
is charge, I said that I thought it was probably now toe
late to make such a proposal, which wœld very likely be a
MOTO CAMOUflage behind which chinese underlings would be
able to carry on the old latɔ igneO.
Mr. Eriksen then suggested that the Chinese might
be induced to put forwaré a proposal that the mble
Companies be naked to take almrge of the office temporarily.
I amid that such a propoml night pomibày bạ worth
semsideration if made in good faith, and if neceptable to
the