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subject is to invalidate it. As, however, the con-

struction of a railway between Ehamo, in Upper Burma,

and T'engyueh is at the present time under considera-

tion by the Government of India, I found myself un-

able to undertake to forward the present request to

Your Excellency unless the words "or T'engyueh' were

deleted, or some explanation were forthcoming that

their presence in the documents transmitted by me

would not be taken as an admission that the British

can have no part in a T'engyueh Railway.

I accordingly wrote privately to Ting chih-t'ai

pointing out that I had more than once informed him

that I had received instructions to discuss with him

the construction of a railway from Bhamo to T'engyueh

as soon as I shall have received a communication from

the Government of India informing me of the nature of

the proposals to be made. Pending the receipt of

such communication, I suggested that the words and

T'engyueh" should be struck out.

Yesterday his two confidential advisers, Kuei-fu,

the Assistant Director of the Bureau of Foreign Af-

fairs, and Chiang Li-ch'eng, Acting Superintendent of

Telegraphs

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