[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA RAILWAYS,
CONFIDENTIAL.
[August 31.]
SECTION 2.
[30306]
No. 1.
Acting Consul-General Wilton to Sir Edward Grey,—(Received August 31.)
(No. 24. Confidential.) Sir,
Yunnan-fu, July 13, 1908,
IN continuation of Mr. Sly's despatch No. 21, Confidential, of the 5th ultimo, I have the honour to inclose herewith copy of my No. 29, Confidential, to His Majesty's Minister, of to-day's date, reporting on the present state of affairs in connection with the Laokay-Yunnan-fu Railway.
I have, &c. (Signed) E. C. WILTON,
Inclosure in No. 1.
Acting Consul-General Wilton to Sir J. Jordan.
(No. 29. Confidential.) Sir,
Yunnan-fu, July 13, 1908. IN his despatch No. 26, Confidential, of the 5th ultimo, on the subject of the dissolution of the Construction Company of the Laokay-Yünnan-fu Railway, Mr. Sly reported a serious landslide at kilometre 94, and made reference to others which were on a smaller scale. Further information from a reliable source is to the effect that there have been forty-three slips in all, including a serious fall between kilometres Nos. 17 and 34, the clearance of which will, it is estimated, occupy two months. This last is the more serious in that it affects the section from Laokay to La-Ha-Ti, which has now been opened to traffic. The reasons for the delay in the opening of this section have been previously reported, and it is probable that the transfer of the construction of the line to the Concessionary Company has led to the decision to dispense with further delay.
A Commission consisting of M. Véroudart, until recently Acting French Consul at Canton, M. Métour, of the Travaux Publics, and either M. Dufour or M. Destabeaux, of the Construction Company, has been appointed to investigate the claims against the Chinese Government for damage and loss to the railway occasioned by the recent reform movement. M. Véroudart is, I believe, of the temperate type of French official, and his selection should be agreeable to the Chinese.
It has not yet transpired what arrangement has been effected between the Construction and Concessionary Companies as to the work of further construction, but there can be no doubt that the position of things generally is anything but satisfactory.
I have, &c. (Signed) E. C. WILTON.
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA RAILWAYS,
CONFIDENTIAL.
[August 31.]
SECTION 2.
[30306]
No. 1.
Acting Consul-General Wilton to Sir Edward Grey,—(Received August 31.)
(No. 24. Confidential.} Sir,
Yunnan-fu, July 13, 1908,
IN continuation of Mr. Sly's despatch No. 21, Confidential, of the 5th ultimo, I have the honour to inclose herewith copy of my No. 29, Confidential, to His Majesty's Minister, of to-day's date, reporting on the present state of affairs in connection with the Laokay-Yunnan-fu Railway.
I have, &c. (Signed) E. C. WILTON,
Inclosure in No. 1.
Acting Consul-General Wilton to Sir J. Jordan.
(No. 29. Confidential.) Sir,
Yunnan-fu, July 13, 1908. IN his despatch No. 26, Confidential, of the 5th ultimo, on the subject of the lissolution of the Construction Company of the Lackay-Yünnan-fu Railway, Mr. Sly reported a serious landslide at kilometre 94, and made reference to others which were on a smaller scale. Further information from a reliable source is to the effect that there have been forty-three slips in all, including a serious fall between kilometres Nos. 17 and 34, the clearance of which will, it is estimated, occupy two months. This last is the more serious in that it affects the section from Laokay to La-Ha-Ti, which has now been opened to traffic. The reasons of the delay in the opening of this section have been previously reported, and it is probable that the trausfer of the construction of the line to the Concessionary Company has led to the decision to dispense with further delay.
A Commission consisting of M. Véroudart, until recently Acting French Consul at Canton, M. Métour, of the Travaux Publics, and either M. Dufour or M. Destabeaux, of the Construction Company, has been appointed to investigate the claims against the Chinese Government for damage and loss to the railway occasioned by the recent reform movement. M. Véroudart is, I believe, of the temperate type of French official, and his selection should be agreeable to the Chinese.
It has not yet transpired what arrangement has been effected between the Construction and Concessionary Companies as to the work of further construction, but there can be no doubt that the position of things generally is anything but satisfactory.
I have, &c. (Signed) E. C. WILTON.
[1897 hh-2]
142
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