CO129-337 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1906 — Page 87

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I am afraid that His Excellency has misunderstood my point.

The said Agreement was made between the British Syndicate and Sheng Ta-jen, and not by the two Governments, so it can only be considered as a private undertaking.

Furthermore, the object of England in constructing the Canton-Kowloon line is to afford facilities to trade, and not to make encroachments on the sovereign rights of China.

In these circumstances, I submit that it is a perfectly correct thing for the Canton Authorities to do, if they now undertake to construct part of the line themselves and to connect it with the other part to be built by the Syndicate when the whole work is approaching its completion.

I request you to lay this fact before Sir Edward Grey and also to inform His Excellency that I sincerely trust that His Excellency will have the goodness to consider this in a favourable manner and to be able to see his way of acceding to my request.

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84 I am afraid that His Excellency has misunderstood my point. The said Agreement was made between the British Syndicate and Sheng Ta-jen, and not by the two Governments, so it can only be considered as a private undertaking. Furthermore, the object of England in constructing the Canton-Kowloon line is to afford facilities to trade, and not to make encroachments on the sovereign rights of China. In these circumstances, I submit that it is a perfectly correct thing for the Canton Authorities to do, if they now undertake to construct part of the line themselves and to connect it with the other part to be built by the Syndicate when the whole work is approaching its completion. I request you to lay this fact before Sir Edward Grey and also to inform His Excellency that I sincerely trust that His Excellency will have the goodness to consider this in a favourable manner and to be able to see his way of acceding to my request.

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[ 84 I am afraid that His Excellency has misunderstood my point. The said Agreement was made between the British Syndicate and Sheng Ta-jen, and not by the two Gov- errments, so it can only be considered as a private undertaking. Furthermore, the object of England in construct- ing the Cantor-Kowloon line is to afford facilities to trade, and not to make encroachments on the sov- ereign rights of China. In these circumstances, I submit that it is a perfectly correct thing for the Canton Authorities to do, if they now undertake to construct part of the line themselves and to connect it with the other part to be built by the Syndicate when the whole work is approaching its completion. I request you to lay this fact before Sir Ed- ward Grey and also to inform His Excellency that I sincerely trust that His Excellency will have the goodness to consider this in a favourable manner and to be able to see his way of acceding to my roquest. "ch

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I am afraid that His Excellency has misunderstood

my point.

The said Agreement was made between the British

Syndicate and Sheng Ta-jen, and not by the two Gov-

errments, so it can only be considered as a private

undertaking.

Furthermore, the object of England in construct-

ing the Cantor-Kowloon line is to afford facilities

to trade, and not to make encroachments on the sov-

ereign rights of China.

In these circumstances, I submit that it is a

perfectly correct thing for the Canton Authorities

to do, if they now undertake to construct part of the

line themselves and to connect it with the other

part to be built by the Syndicate when the whole

work is approaching its completion.

I request you to lay this fact before Sir Ed-

ward Grey and also to inform His Excellency that I

sincerely trust that His Excellency will have the

goodness to consider this in a favourable manner and

to be able to see his way of acceding to my roquest.

"ch

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