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firmly with the matter recognising only the American Company as
entitled to do the entire construction work and the American
Directors to manage the Company and allowing no other person to
interfere therein. If (a) and (b) are not practicable suggestions
there remains (c), viz:- divide the construction work into two
parts, one under the American Company and the other under the
Belgians such division to be defined and approved by the Director-
General.
In my humble opinion the reason why the
concession of the Canton-Hankow Line was given to the Americans
lay in the fact that America has never given China any trouble,
and would never attempt to weaken China's sovereignty in the con-
trol of this railway. Its Government is strong and can be used if
necessary against aggression by the Belgians and French on the
Lu Han Line. This is no doubt your own views. If the American
Company surrenders its concession to the Belgians there will be
endless troubles and people will say that both the Northern and
Southern trunk lines must fall into the hands of the Russian and
French. Therefore proposal (a) cannot be accepted. With regard
to (c) and the division of the railway, it seems on the surface
to be a fair way of dealing with the shareholders of the two
nationalities and calculated to prevent trouble. It is, however,
the American Company which has entered into the contract (with us)
and when the American sold their share they never notified us; now
each side wants to obtain more power. This is certainly a matter
which must be settled by the shareholders themselves; it is not
possible for us to recognise the Belgian shares; therefore propo-
sal (c) appears to require careful consideration. As to (b), viz:-
that only American and no other nationality will be recognised as
entitled to exclusive control of the construction work, it is, I
presume, workable and in accordance with the agreement. Kindly
X2
advise
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firmly with the matter recognising only the American Company as
entitled to do the entire construction work and the American
Directors to manage the Company and allowing no other person to
interfere therein. If (a) and (b) are not practicable suggestions
there remains (c), viz:- divide the construction work into two
parts, one under the American Company and theother under the
Belgians such division to be defined and approved by the Director-
General.
In my humble opinion the reason why the
concession of the Canton-Hankow Line was given to the Americans
lay in the fact that America has never given China any trouble,
and would never attempt to weaken China's sovereignty in the con-
trol of this rallway. Its Government is strong and can be used if
necessary against aggression by the beigians and French on the
Lu Han Line. This is no doubt your own views. If the American
Company surrenders its concersion to the Belgians there will be
endless troubles and people will say that both the Northern and
Southern trunk lines must fall into the hands of the Fussian and
#rench. Therefore proposal (a) cannot be accepted. with regard
to (c) and the division of the railway, it seems on the surface
to be a fair way of dealing with the shareholders of the two
nationalities and calculated to prevent trouble. It is, however,
the American Company which has entered into the contract (with us)
and when the American soid their share they never notified us; now
each side wants to obtain more power. This is certainly a matter
which must be settied by the st cxhoiders themselves; it is not
possible for us to recognise the Belgian shares; therefore propo- sai (c) appears to require careful consideration. As to (b), viz:- that only American and no other nationality will be recognised as entitled to exclusive control of the construction work, it is, I presume, workable and in accordance with the agreement. Kindly
X2
advise
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