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tion, for whose protection the Powers no longer exercise the right conceded by the Protocol.
4. With reference to the concentration scheme which has been agreed to by the War Office and the Foreign Office, Sir John Jordan informs me that the attitude of the Viceroy of Chihli towards the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company has lately become far from friendly, and the former has been informed that the confisca- tion of the Company's property could not be allowed.
Under the circumstances, His Majesty's Minister considers that the troops at Tongshan should not be reduced pending the amicable adjustment of the differences between the Company and the Viceroy, which he is endeavouring to effect.
5. If a satisfactory arrangement is arrived at prior to the reduction of the British force in North China to two battalions, Tongshan can be evacuated; if, on the other hand, the detachment at Tongshan is to be maintained for a longer period, the additional expense thereby incurred will be trifling.
6. I am sending a copy of this letter to His Majesty's Minister at Peking.
I have, &c.
(Signed) W. H.-H. WATERS, Brigadier-General,
Commanding the Troops in North China.
This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's
CHINA RAILWAYS.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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Foreign Office, October 14, 1907. SOOCHÓW-NINGPO and Tien-tsin-Yang-tsze Railways. Please let me know the facts relative to signature of the Agreements for the above two railways, as the Chinese Central Railways hear from Berlin that you are requiring the signature of the Soochow-Ningpo Agreement simultaneously with that of the Tien-tsin-Yang-tsze Railway, and fear a delay of the latter in consequence,
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