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livre.

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3). I approve of your scuding tuin the telegraw

proposed in

your

fourth paragraph; You should hink to hun that unless the Canton Viceroy aboudous his opposition to the construction of the Canton Howlvon railway up to our proutier by the Britiol and Cluniac Corporation and

to the joint working agreement for the Chinese and there is in my opinion considerable risk of

not getting the money

Amurricans.

British sections,

Fio

he wants to pay off the The mains undurement is Houg Hong to provide the funds is the prospect of the construction of the Canton Kowloon line being

assunt.

4). My Fruch colleague has evidently been telling

the ivuthang Viceroy that we have agreed with the Frauch government is het Casen friance and cousinect the section from Chength to Schaug, you will have secu Reuters lélegrous about the proposed agreement with France but I have

to believe that the statement made ar at least pramaturq.

Madon

-Calow

XLIX

Lo

Governor Heus Kong

How. NBB.U. Quinistër.

Pekeng

Desp. 2. per.

(No 9)

Reed 3.16) 23:8; 08

Your telegram of August 27

Consutati Grasral

telegraphed to me August 21 as follows :

"Your telegrain of 14th During

au cinterview.

ke 10

today the Viceroy owned to the telegram, declives to Reoquire and carry out the @qxwest

of the 7th June 1899.

Agnatural” was

predecessors;

He argues that the

never officially accepted by this that the agrunt was the

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