CO129-345 - Public Offices & Foreign Office - 1907 — Page 38

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His Majesty's Consul General showed that the state-

ments of the Wai Wu Pu to me did not bear out Hia

Excellency's expression of their views; but the Viceroy

was convinced that any loan scheme of his would be vetond

unless the French, German, and possibly the Japanese

Governments could be brought to acquiesce in the project.

Finally he suggested that German capital as well as

French should be introduced, while the Japanese could

appear as they were gontent to do

in the prospectus

as one of the Banks receiving subscriptions.

This novel proposal loft Mr.Hillier no alternative

but to suspend further discussion until he had zeturned

to Poking and consulted with me, and,

if necessary, with

the Wai Wu Pu, As regards the latter, the Vicarcy wished

Mr.Hillier to explain to the Board of Foreign Affairs

the absence of all clauses in the proposed agreement

derogatory to Chinese railway rights, but at the same

time he did not wish Kr.Hillier to go too far into

details with the Board.

It would be premature to form an opinion as to whether