13491
APR 21 1906
Enclosure 1 in Sir E. Satow's No. 93 of March 3rd, 1906.
SIR ERNEST SATOW TO PRINCE CHING.
REC. C.O. 16085
Rec'd 5 MAY 06: 259
Peking, January 12th, 1906.
Your Highness;
On December 27th I had the honour to inform Your Highness that from telegrams received from Hongkong and Canton, I learnt that the officials appointed by the Viceroy of Canton to negotiate with the representative of the British and Chinese Corporation in regard to the Canton-Kowloon Railway had met Mr. Ross twice, but had merely said that the Viceroy desired to cancel the preliminary agreement of March 28th, 1899. I said that Your Highness would recognise that this was not a proper mode of dealing with solemn contracts to which the Chinese Government was a party, and requested that the Viceroy should be moved to issue such instructions at once to his delegates as would ensure that the negotiations were conducted in accordance with the ordinary rules of international business.
I am now in receipt of a despatch from His Majesty's Consul General, enclosing a copy of a communication which he had received on December 20th from the Viceroy of Canton on this subject. In this His Excellency pointed out that according to Clause 5 of the preliminary agreement the Director General of Railways would "in case there should arise local difficulties, consult with the Viceroy of Canton
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13491
APR 21 1906)
Enclosure 1 in Sir E. Satow's No. 93 of Heren 3rd, 1906.
SIR ERNEST SAW TO PRINCE CHING.
REC
C.0.
16085
Rec 5 MAY 06:
259
Peking, Jnuary 1214, 1906.
Your Highness;-
On December 27th I had the honour to inform Your Highness that from telegrams received from Hongkong and Canton, I learnt that the officials appointed by the Viceroy of Canton to negotiate with the representative of the British and Chinese Corporation in regard to the Canton-Kowloon Railway had met Mr. Ross twice, but had merely said that the Viceroy desired to cancel the pre- liminary agreement of March 28th, 1899. I said that Your Highness would recognise that this was not a proper mode of dealing with aplemn contracts to which the Chinese Government was a party, and requested that the Viceroy should be moved to issue such instructions at once to his delegates as would ensure that the negotiations were conducted in accordance with the ordinary rules of inter-
national business.
I am now in receipt of a despatch from His Majesty'a Consul General, enclosing a copy of a communication which he had received on December 20th from the Viceroy of Canton on this subject. In this His Excellency pointed out that according to Clause 5 of the preliminary agreement the Director General of Railways would "in case there should arise local difficulties, consult with the Viceroy of
Canton
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