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granted to British capital by the Viceroy in considera-
tion of China's having been furnished from British
sources with the funds required for the repurchase of
the concession for this railway from the American Syn-
dicate, who previously held it.
It is not moreover quite clear what is the extent
of the claim of the French Government in this matter.
Monsieur Cambon was informed in the Memorandum communi-
cated to him on January 24th. 1906 that His Majesty's
Government would be glad if an arrangement could be
made for the cooperation of a French financial group in
the Hankow-Canton Railway enterprise, but that they
would prefer to leave the settlement of the details to
the financiers of the two countries; that His Majes-
ty's
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