CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6] — Page 310

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Enclosure No 3 to Scued Despater. of 5th April 1905 Extraď from idiu dabið Canton, 30o Maud 1905 ·

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There to something in this Whampoa schone: the American syndicate who hold the Cantor- Hankow railway conefcion claim this they have the right in forms of the corpion to opuateshur luic from a deepcouter port. The new Amulau Counsul, who beads that he has special instructions to further American ciberests has opruly give out that the Amuican Syndicat uitend to counced (hampos and Canton withou which the railway could not be property ofcabed. Praently there have been

certain partico surocynig bebeocen Cantons Champoc, and the current opinion here to that "gray luntate Anics Enquincer of time Canton Railway, and a Belgiu qually had some disputs tamed lite are here Engaged in some negotiations on the subject. There is an

pidin of that conceŃ.

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air of mystery about at their movemuls, but you may be curtain that these mee ons hot in Canton for the benefit of their health, and thes the development of railway concepions is their object. I give you all thist particulars in which confidence, not the there is much in them, but they with show as leads how the land like and which way the wound is blowing".

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