CO129-337 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1906 — Page 589

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All AI Reviewed

God k

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at ser fr

...:

VADES AL

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* }}*¢4$ ; རྣ

الله باد

580

much leaS

So it is down no money passes through official hands; through the Viceroy who lives away in Wuchang. hard to say how the stripping and useless waste are possible. Take Hupoi's present general office for the three provinces' Canton-Hankow railway, The patent expressly gives no salary or expenses to any of the officers. As they get no pay whence come the funds recklessly squandered?

The charge really seems too absurd.

To sum up.

Cancellation of the concession required redemption of the line and redemption the provision of funds of which the amount and the urgency necessitated raising a preliminary loan. Having made this loan, the lending country was sure to expect to get the privilege of future loans for construction. Knowing China's immensely difficult financial straits the memorialist had to arrange for the contingency of raising a loan, so he took the opportunity of defining the whole question of the term: for the provision of personnel and materials so as to stop the flow of abuses. Being still afraid that the employment of men of a single nation might possibly involve the risk of overstepping these terms he laid down that two nationalities would be employed so as to check schemes of sole control.

Now onlookers may criticise at ease but the players could not but ponder every step so that after the redemption was carried through they might have a plan ready for a permanent building system. If further loan proved necessary there was this despatch which prevented their making undue demands: if no further...

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God k To du. at ser fr ...: VADES AL # . 1 * }}*¢4$ ; རྣ الله باد 580 much leaS So it is down no money passes through official hands; through the Viceroy who lives away in Wuchang. hard to say how the stripping and useless waste are possible. Take Hupoi's present general office for the three provinces' Canton-Hankow railway, The patent expressly gives no salary or expenses to any of the officers. As they get no pay whence come the funds recklessly squandered? The charge really seems too absurd. To sum up. Cancellation of the concession required redemption of the line and redemption the provision of funds of which the amount and the urgency necessitated raising a preliminary loan. Having made this loan, the lending country was sure to expect to get the privilege of future loans for construction. Knowing China's immensely difficult financial straits the memorialist had to arrange for the contingency of raising a loan, so he took the opportunity of defining the whole question of the term: for the provision of personnel and materials so as to stop the flow of abuses. Being still afraid that the employment of men of a single nation might possibly involve the risk of overstepping these terms he laid down that two nationalities would be employed so as to check schemes of sole control. Now onlookers may criticise at ease but the players could not but ponder every step so that after the redemption was carried through they might have a plan ready for a permanent building system. If further loan proved necessary there was this despatch which prevented their making undue demands: if no further... Page 100
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God k To du. at ser fr ...: VADES AL # . 1 * }}*¢4$ ; རྣ الله باد 580 much leaS So it is down no money passes through official hands; through the Viceroy who lives away in Wuchang. hard to say how the stripping and useless waste are possible. Take Hupoi's present general office for the three provinces' Canton-Hankow railway, The patent expressly gires no salary or expenses to any of the officers. As they get no pay whence come the funds recklessly squandred? The charge really seems too absurd. To sum up. Cancellation of the concession required rederp- tion of the line and redemption the provision of funds of which the amount and the urgency necessitated raising a proliminary loan. Having made this loan, the landing country was sure to expect to get the privilege of future loans for construction. Knowing China's immensely difficult financial straits the memorialist had to arrange for the contingency of raising a loan, so he took the opportunity of defining the whole question of the term: for the provision of personnel and materials so as to stop the flow of abuses. Being still afraid that the employment of men of a single nation might possibly involve the risk of overstepping these terms he laid down that two nationalities would be employed so as to check schemes of sole control. Now onlookers may criticise at ease but the players could not but ponder every stup so that after the redemption was carried through they might have a plan ready for a permanent building system. If father loand proved necessary there was this despatch which prevented their making undue domands : if no further 100
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God k

To du.

at ser fr

...:

VADES AL

#

. 1

* }}*¢4$ ; རྣ

الله باد

580

much leaS

So it is

down no money passes through official hands; through the Viceroy who lives away in Wuchang. hard to say how the stripping and useless waste are possible. Take Hupoi's present general office for the three provinces' Canton-Hankow railway, The patent expressly gires no salary or expenses to any of the officers. As they get no pay whence come the funds

recklessly squandred?

The charge really seems too absurd.

To sum up.

Cancellation of the concession required rederp-

tion of the line and redemption the provision of funds of which the amount and the urgency necessitated raising a proliminary loan. Having made this loan, the landing country was sure to expect to get the privilege of future loans for construction. Knowing China's immensely

difficult financial straits the memorialist had to

arrange for the contingency of raising a loan, so he took the opportunity of defining the whole question of the term:

for the provision of personnel and materials so as to

stop the flow of abuses. Being still afraid that the employment of men of a single nation might possibly involve the risk of overstepping these terms he laid down that two nationalities would be employed so as to check schemes of

sole control.

Now onlookers may criticise at ease

but the players could not but ponder every stup so that after the redemption was carried through they might have

a plan ready for a permanent building system. If father

loand proved necessary there was this despatch which

prevented their making undue domands : if no further

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