CO129-337 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1906 — Page 261

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Viceroy persisted in construing this phrase in the preliminary agreement as entitling him to object to the whole undertaking in principle, and for that reason I held it necessary that he should receive specific instructions.

His Highness then argued that the agreement of March 1899 being only preliminary, and the final agreement and loan not having been concluded, the matter was quite open and the Viceroy could not be asked to accept specific terms, but I referred him again to the Preliminary Agreement which said that the final agreement for the Canton-Kowloon railway should be based on that concluded for the Shanghai-Nanking Railway.

That, I said, did not mean that the latter agreement was to be used bodily for the Canton-Kowloon final agreement; there would of course be modifications necessary to suit the different conditions. I pressed once more for the issue of specific instructions to the Viceroy, and His Highness said that a telegram would be sent.

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257 Viceroy persisted in construing this phrase in the preliminary agreement as entitling him to object to the whole undertaking in principle, and for that reason I held it necessary that he should receive specific instructions. His Highness then argued that the agreement of March 1899 being only preliminary, and the final agreement and loan not having been concluded, the matter was quite open and the Viceroy could not be asked to accept specific terms, but I referred him again to the Preliminary Agreement which said that the final agreement for the Canton-Kowloon railway should be based on that concluded for the Shanghai-Nanking Railway. That, I said, did not mean that the latter agreement was to be used bodily for the Canton-Kowloon final agreement; there would of course be modifications necessary to suit the different conditions. I pressed once more for the issue of specific instructions to the Viceroy, and His Highness said that a telegram would be sent.

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jament? 257 Våt secgpit on mattisprong a eher bed Istene plies anordnu’* and to stand egd n0 Toro sided Enloetico t + Joas ad pluus sug IL MW #uosi). „d edngaleb sid to8%G Die admet Ai 3:00 04 #idge are ↑ Jedd aaeoru⠀ le droo jait merely. The Viceroy persisted in construing this phrase in the preliminary agreement as entitling him to object to the whole undertaking in principle, and for that reason I held ti necessary timt he should receive specific instructiona. His Highness then argued that the agreement of March 1899 being only preliminary, and the finalagrae- ment and loan not having been concluded, the matter was quite open and the Viceroy could nut bo asked to accept specific terms, but I referred him again to the Preliminary Agreement which said that the final agres- ment for the Canton-Fowloon railway should be based on that concluded for the Shanghai-Nanking Railway. That, I said, did not mean that the latter agreement was to be used bodily for the Canton-Hosloon final agresment; there would of course be modifications ne- cessary to suit the different conditions. I pressed once more for the lasus of specific instructions to the Viceroy, and His Highness said that a talegrum would bo

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257

Våt secgpit on mattisprong a eher bed Istene

plies anordnu’* and to stand egd n0

Toro sided Enloetico t

Joas ad pluus sug

IL MW #uosi). „d edngaleb sid to8%G

Die admet Ai

3:00 04

#idge are ↑ Jedd aaeoru⠀

le droo jait

merely. The Viceroy persisted in construing this phrase

in the preliminary agreement as entitling him to object

to the whole undertaking in principle, and for that

reason I held ti necessary timt he should receive

specific instructiona.

His Highness then argued that the agreement of

March 1899 being only preliminary, and the finalagrae-

ment and loan not having been concluded, the matter

was quite open and the Viceroy could nut bo asked to

accept specific terms, but I referred him again to the

Preliminary Agreement which said that the final agres-

ment for the Canton-Fowloon railway should be based

on that concluded for the Shanghai-Nanking Railway.

That, I said, did not mean that the latter agreement

was to be used bodily for the Canton-Hosloon final

agresment; there would of course be modifications ne-

cessary to suit the different conditions. I pressed once more for the lasus of specific instructions to the

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