from a letter dated 3rd August, 1934,
Chairman to the Delegates re-
k the British Section.
39
"At a very early stage in the proceedings
the Chief Chinese delegate made it clear that he was
not authorised to discuss the linking up of the Can-
ton-Hankow Railway by a loop line with the Canton-Kow-
Informally and unofficially later on
loon Railway.
he expressed the view that the Nanking Authorities
were not seriously opposed to the link in fact they
felt it had to come most probably when the Railway to
Hankow was completed. Incidentally he mentioned that
the Canton-Sem Shui Railway was to be extended to
Kwangsai and to be linked with the Canton-Hankow Rail-
way by a bridge over the Pearl River and that provided
an additional reason for joining up the two termini
by rail.