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No. 117.
FOREIGN OFFICE to COLONIAL OFFICE.
(Received July 15, 1905.) -
[Copy to Governor, July 25, 1905, Confidential. L.F.]
The Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, and, by direction of the Secretary of State, transmits herewith copies of the under-mentioned paper relative to China.
Foreign Office,
July 14, 1905.
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now in Peking, has declared that this line is not depicted in the plans drawn up by Mr. Parsons and approved of by the Imperial Government. Only railway lines appearing in Mr. Parsons's plans must not be constructed by outsiders, hence the American concessionnaires of the Canton-Hankow Railway have no right to the construction of the Canton-Whampoa Railway by Chinese. This has been commu- nicated to the Wai-wu Pu by His Excellency Shông Kung-pao, and will doubtless be the attitude assumed by the Imperial Government on the question. A private letter from Peking states that His Excellency Shêng has succeeded in placating his many enemies in the north, and his way in the future will doubtless be smoother than it has been during the past two years or so.
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No. 118.
THE BRITISH AND CHINESE CORPORATION, LIMITED, to COLONIAL
DESCRIPTION OF ENCLOSURE
Name and Date.
Subject.
Consul-General Scott, No. 15, 1st June, 1905
The Canton-Whampoa Railway.
SIR,
(No. 15.)
MY LORD,
Enclosure in No. 117.
Consul-General SCOTT to THe Marquess of LANSDOWNE.
(Received July 3, 1905.)
I HAVE the honour to forward herewith copy of a despatch, with its inclosure,
Canton, June 1, 1905. which I have this day forwarded to His Majesty's Minister in Peking, with reference to the proposed Canton-Whampoa Railway.
OFFICE.
(Received July 18, 1905.)
[Copy to Foreign Office, August 3, 1905. L.F.]
The British and Chinese Corporation, Limited,
3, Lombard Street, London, E.C., July 18, 1905. Canton-Kowloon Railway.
We beg leave to hand you herewith, for the information of Mr. Secretary Lyttelton, a copy of the letter numbered 2 and dated the 7th June we have received from our representative in Peking, together with a copy of a letter written by him to Sir Matthew Nathan under same date, and a copy of a letter received by him from Sir E. Satow, dated Peking, 6th June.
I have, &c.,
(No. 2.)
JAMES SCOTT.
We are, &c.,
W. KESWICK,
Chairman.
Enclosure in No. 118.
Peking, June 7, 1905.
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Consul-General Scorr to Sir E. SATOW.
(No. 25.) SIR,
WITH reference to my telegram, No. 2, of the 17th April, regarding the pro-
Canton, June 1, 1905. posed railway between Canton and Whampoa, I now have the honour to inclose an extract from the "China Mail" of the 30th May, which gives an accurate summary of the situation. The Viceroy of Canton informed me personally that access to Whampoa was not included in the concession to the Canton-Hankow Railway Syndicate, and that the Chinese Government had no intention of allowing them to construct the line. His Excellency further insisted that the American Syndicate having once broken the terms of the original concession, the contract was held to be cancelled. The Americans, having violated their engagements, would never again be trusted.
I have, &c.,
EXTRACT from the "China Mail" of May 30, 1905. The Canton-Whampoa Railway.
JAMES SCOTT.
In reply to the contention of the American concessionnaires of the proposed Canton-Hankow Railway that the construction of the Canton-Whampoa Railway is within their concession according to agreement, His Excellency Shông Kung-pao,
GENTLEMEN,
Canton-Kowloon Railway.
WE last addressed you on the 4th May and much regret to inform you that since then no progress has been made with the negotiations for the above railway.
Sheng Kungpao, with whom the Wai Wu Pu wished to discuss the matter, arrived in Peking about the middle of May and obtained an early audience, after which we were in hopes that the above Board would then be in a position to definitely inform the British Minister as to the official with whom our negotiations were to be carried on. After waiting more than a fortnight and no reference being made to the proposed negotiations, Sir Ernest Satow paid a special visit to the Wai Wu Pu and there learnt from Na Tung that Sheng is being attacked on all sides by his foes, and that until he has either beaten them or been defeated, the question of the negotiator on the Chinese side cannot be settled.
We beg to enclose copy of a letter received from Sir Ernest Satow, which very clearly explains the position, and in the meantime there is nothing to be done but to sit down and wait.
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