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Exclosure 4 in Sir E. Satow's No. 93 of March 25, 1906.

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REGE 5 MAY 06

TELEGRAM from the

APR 21 1906

WXI WU PU to the

VICEROY OF CANTON

TRANSLATION

(Chinese text communicated privately to Sir E. Satow by Prince Ch'ing on Feb. 23rd, 1906.)

In an interview the British Minister has pressed for the conclusion of the final agreement for the Canton-Kowloon railway. As regards this line the records show that in 1898 a request by letter was received by the Tsung-li Yamen from the British Minister Sir Claude Macdonald, and that this was communicated to His Excellency Sheng, who concluded a preliminary agreement in five clauses with Messrs Jardine Matheson and Co. and reported that he had done so. In our view the negotiations should be continued. Clause 2 states clearly that whatever can be adopted in pursuance of Clause 1 of the Preliminary Agreement shall be "subject to the terms and conditions hereafter agreed to in the Final Agreement for the Shanghai-Nanking Railway when concluded and ratified". That is to say although the final agreement is to follow the Shanghai-Nanking model, yet, the Shanghai-Nanking Railway being long and the cost great, the Canton-Kowloon Railway being short and the cost small, the conditions are different, considered and the pros and cons carefully weighed and closely discussed in accordance with the original understanding.

We hope you will appoint an official to arrange...

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Exclosure 4 in Sir E. Satow's No. 93 of March 25, 1906.

274

13491

C.O.

16085

REGE 5 MAY 06

TELEGRAM from the

APR 21 1906

WXI WU PU to the

VICEROY OF CANTON

TRANSLATION

(Chinese text communicated privately to Sir E. Satow by Prince Ch'ing on Feb. 23rd, 1906.)

In an interview the British Minister has pressed for the conclusion of the final agreement for the Canton-Kowloon railway. As regards this line the records show that in 1898 a request by letter was received by the Tsung-li Yamen from the British Minister Sir Claude Macdonald, and that this was communicated to His Excellency Sheng, who concluded a preliminary agreement in five clauses with Messrs Jardine Matheson and Co. and reported that he had done so. In our view the negotiations should be continued. Clause 2 states clearly that whatever can be adopted in pursuance of Clause 1 of the Preliminary Agreement shall be "subject to the terms and conditions hereafter agreed to in the Final Agreement for the Shanghai-Nanking Railway when concluded and ratified". That is to say although the final agreement is to follow the Shanghai-Nanking model, yet, the Shanghai-Nanking Railway being long and the cost great, the Canton-Kowloon Railway being short and the cost small, the conditions are different, considered and the pros and cons carefully weighed and closely discussed in accordance with the original understanding.

We hope you will appoint an official to arrange...

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