(Translation.) Sir,
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
Prince Ching to Sir J. Jordan.
Peking, March 10, 1908. ON the 6th March this Board submitted to the Throne, in a Memorial, the agreement which has been made with the British and Chinese Corporation for the Shanghae-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway Loan, and upon the receipt of the Imperial Rescript approving this agreement, it was signed on the same day at this Board in English and Chinese, and was officially sealed.
I now have the honour to make this formal communication to your Excellency, and to request that the Corporation may be directed to proceed with the execution of the agreement.
Your Highness,
I avail, &c.
(Signed)
Prince CHʻING.
Inclosure 3 in No. 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Prince Ch'ing.
Peking, March 12, 1908. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Highness' note of the 10th March, informing me of the Imperial Rescript approving the Shanghae-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway Agreement, which was submitted to the Throne in a Memorial by your Highness' Board, and which was signed on the same day (6th March) and officially sealed at the Wai-wu Fu.
I have duly notified the Corporation, and am communicating a translation of your Highness' note to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
I avail, &c.
(Signed)
J. N. JORDAN.
C. O.
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.
CHINA RAILWAYS.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[14951]
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[May 2.]
No. 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received May 2.)
SECTION 3.
(No. 127.) Sir,
Peking, March 16, 1908. IN my despatch No. 73 of the 17th February I had the honour to report on the steps which were being taken to secure the services of Mr. C. W. Kinder as Chief Engineer for the Hankow-Canton Railway. I regret to state that the Board of Communications have refused the Viceroy's application for his services on the plea that he cannot be spared from the Northern Railway.
Mr. Kinder, in a letter of the 4th instant, informing me of this decision, suggested that the Viceroy should proceed to apply for the services of Mr. Newmarch, one of the District Engineers on the Northern Railway.
I communicated this suggestion to His Majesty's Consul-General at Hankow on the 6th instant, but the issue on that date of an Imperial Decree, transferring the Viceroy Chao to Szechuan, renders it improbable that he will interest himself further in the question. The new Viceroy at Wuchang is to be Ch'en K'uei Lung, who was appointed to the Viceroyalty of Szechuan in September 1907, but did not proceed. His record as an official, coupled with the impression that I gained of his personality through an exchange of visits last year, lead me to regard the appointment as unfortunate, and I have sounded Mr. Liang Tun Yen, of the Wai-wu Pu, as to the possibility of its being reconsidered. He gave me no encouragement, however, and hinted that Chang Ta-jên owes the appointment directly to Prince Ching. According to Mr. Fraser's information, the Viceroy Chao was not regarded favourably by Chang Chih Tung.
Whatever the reasons for the change may be, the departure of the enlightened Viceroy Chao is to be regretted, especially since the difficulties with regard to Anglo-French financial co-operation have apparently been overcome.
I have, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN.
O
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(Translation.) Sir,
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
Prince Ching to Sir J. Jordan.
Peking, March 10, 1908. ON the 6th March this Board submitted to the Throne, in a Memorial, the agreement which has been made with the British and Chinese Corporation for the Shanghae-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway Loan, and upon the receipt of the Imperial Rescript approving this agreement, it was signed on the same day at this Board in English and Chinese, and was officially sealed.
I now have the honour to make this formal communication to your Excellency, and to request that the Corporation may be directed to proceed with the execution of the agreement.
Your Highness,
I avail, &c.
(Signed)
Prince CHʻING.
Inclosure 3 in No. 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Prince Ch'ing.
Peking, March 12, 1908. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Highness' note of the 10th March, informing me of the Imperial Rescript approving the Shanghae-Hangchow- Ningpo Railway Agreement, which was submitted to the Throne in a Memorial by your Highness' Board, and which was signed on the same day (6th March) and officially sealed at the Wai-wu Fu.
I have duly notified the Corporation, and am communicating a translation of your Highness' note to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
I avail, &c.
(Signed)
J. N. JORDAN.
C. O.
[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.
CHINA RAILWAYS.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[14951]
18960
REC2 IRG 28 MAY 08
[May 2.]
No. 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received May 2.)
SECTION 3.
(No. 127.) Sir,
Peking, March 16, 1908. IN my despatch No. 73 of the 17th February I had the honour to report on the steps which were being taken to secure the services of Mr. C. W. Kinder as Chief Engineer for the Hankow-Canton Railway. I regret to state that the Board of Communications have refused the Viceroy's application for his services on the plea that he cannot be spared from the Northern Railway.
Mr. Kinder, in a letter of the 4th instant, informing me of this decision, suggested that the Viceroy should proceed to apply for the services of Mr. Newmarch, one of the District Engineers on the Northern Railway.
I communicated this suggestion to His Majesty's Consul-General at Hankow on the 6th instant, but the issue on that date of an Imperial Decree, transferring the Viceroy Chao to Szechuan, renders it improbable that he will interest himself further in the question. The new Viceroy at Wuchang is to be Ch'en K'uei Lung, who was appointed to the Viceroyalty of Szechuan in September 1907, but did not proceed. His record as an official, coupled with the impression that I gained of his personality through an exchange of visits last year, lead me to regard the appointment as unfortunate, and I have sounded Mr. Liang Tun Yen, of the Wai-wu Pu, as to the possibility of its being reconsidered. He gave me no encouragement, however, and hinted that Chang Ta-jên owes the appointment directly to Prince Ching. According to Mr. Fraser's information, the Viceroy Chao was not regarded favourably by Chang Chih Tung.
Whatever the reasons for the change may be, the departure of the enlightened Viceroy Chao is to be regretted, especially since the difficulties with regard to Anglo- French financial co-operation have apparently been overcome.
I have, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN.
O
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