CO129-337 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1906 — Page 565

No. 255.

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May 21, 1907

Fight Honourable

sir,

Explor

June 7, 1906.

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JUL 30 1900

With reference to Sir R. Satow's Tespatch

No. 160 of April 9th I have the honour to transmit to you copy of a Tespatch which I have received from His Wajesty's Consul-Teneral at ankow enclos- ing a translation of the Viceroy of Wuchang's detailed defence of his policy in regard to the Hankow Canton railway resumption loan and the proposed construction loan.

I would draw your special attention to

para-

graph 5 of this document in which the Viceroy defends his espatch to r. Fraser of September

9th granting certain privileges to Great Britain in the event of a foreign loan being required for the construction of the railway. You will observe that His Excellency has now communicated a copy of this Teggatch to the rand Council, Wai Wu Pu and Board of Commerce, who will therefore not be able to plead ignorance of it.

norance

I have the honour to be,

with the highest respect,

sir,

Your most obedient #

hunble servant,

Sir Edward Grey,

art.

etc. etc. etc.

J. D. Carnegi