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COPY. No. 158.)

Eulorum 6. &- Soul Peopard _xijinfók-

ino.

IKEC

14567

Reef 1 5536

H.B.M.Consulate-General,

Canton, 26th October, 1906.

Your Excellency,

Referring to your letters of the 22nd and 25th instant relative to the appointment of an Assistant Engineer for the Canton-Hankow Railway, I have the honour to state that I have just had a long conversation with Mr. Kwong Suen now Chief Engineer of the projected line. I began by pointing out to him that, though we did not assume any right to dictate what foreigners should or should not be appointed to assist in the construction of the Railway, it would, after the special assistance given by the Government of Hongkong to enable China to redeem the concession, be considered both by us and by other nationalities as an intended slight if at any rate the head of any foreign staff engaged were other than an Englishman. That I thought a courteous and punctilious nation like the Chinese should be able thoroughly to understand our feeling in such a matter. Mr. Kwong said he quite appreciated the situation.

His Excellency

Sir Matthew Nathan,

K.C.M.G.,

&c.

Hongkong.

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COPY. No. 158.) Eulorum 6. &- Soul Peopard _xijinfók- ino. IKEC 14567 Reef 1 5536 H.B.M.Consulate-General, Canton, 26th October, 1906. Your Excellency, Referring to your letters of the 22nd and 25th instant relative to the appointment of an Assistant Engineer for the Canton-Hankow Railway, I have the honour to state that I have just had a long conversation with Mr. Kwong Suen now Chief Engineer of the projected line. I began by pointing out to him that, though we did not assume any right to dictate what foreigners should or should not be appointed to assist in the construction of the Railway, it would, after the special assistance given by the Government of Hongkong to enable China to redeem the concession, be considered both by us and by other nationalities as an intended slight if at any rate the head of any foreign staff engaged were other than an Englishman. That I thought a courteous and punctilious nation like the Chinese should be able thoroughly to understand our feeling in such a matter. Mr. Kwong said he quite appreciated the situation. His Excellency Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G., &c. Hongkong.

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COPY. No. 158.) Eulorum 6. &- Soul Peopard _xijinfók- ino. IKEC 14567 Reef 1 5536 H.B.M.Consulate-General, Canton, 26th. October, 1906. T Your Excellency, Referring to your letters of the 22nd. and 25th. instant relative to the appointment of an Assistant Engineer for the Canton-Hankow Railway, I have the honour to state that I have just had a long conversa- -tion with Mr. Kwong Suen now Chief Engineer of the pro- -jected line. I began by pointing out to him that, though we did not assume any right to dictate what foreigners should or should not be appointed to assist in the con- -struction of the Railway, it would, after the special assistance given by the Government of Hongkong to enable China to redeem the concession, be considered both by us and by other nationalities as an intended slight if at any rate the head of any foreign staff engaged were other than an Englishman. That I thought a courteous and puneti- -lious nation like the Chinese should be able thoroughly to understand our feeling in such a matter. Mr. Kwong said he quite appreciated the situation. The undertaking being His Excellency Sir Katthew Nathan, K.C.M.G., &C = &0.1 &0... Hongkong. 12 A

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COPY. No. 158.)

Eulorum 6. &- Soul Peopard _xijinfók-

ino.

IKEC

14567

Reef 1 5536

H.B.M.Consulate-General,

Canton, 26th. October, 1906.

Your Excellency,

Referring to your letters of the

22nd. and 25th. instant relative to the appointment of an

Assistant Engineer for the Canton-Hankow Railway, I have

the honour to state that I have just had a long conversa-

-tion with Mr. Kwong Suen now Chief Engineer of the pro-

-jected line. I began by pointing out to him that, though

we did not assume any right to dictate what foreigners

should or should not be appointed to assist in the con-

-struction of the Railway, it would, after the special

assistance given by the Government of Hongkong to enable

China to redeem the concession, be considered both by us

and by other nationalities as an intended slight if at any

rate the head of any foreign staff engaged were other

than an Englishman. That I thought a courteous and puneti-

-lious nation like the Chinese should be able thoroughly

to understand our feeling in such a matter. Mr. Kwong said

he quite appreciated the situation. The undertaking being

His Excellency

Sir Katthew Nathan,

K.C.M.G.,

&C =

&0.1

&0... Hongkong.

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