CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909 — Page 553

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PEG 5 MAR 09,

Paraphrase of Telegram to Sir J. Jordan, No. 40, dated

March 4th. 1909.

Hankow-Canton Railway loan.

Please see your telegram No. 54 of March 4th.

A telegram is being sent to Peking by the British

and Chinese Corporation to say that they refuse the

Tientsin-Pukow

terms. As we have agreed with the

French Government that it is most desirable to retain

control over the loan funds, we could not without their

concurrence, approve the acceptance of these terms

which exclude such control.

As a result of the last

visit paid by Mr. Addis to Paris and Berlin, the French

and Germans have now agreed to a joint loan, and to the

A proposal has been employment of a British engineer.

made for a meeting of the three groups on March 15th.

in London to arrange details.

Confidential. Please do not mention to Mr.Bland

the proceedings of Mr. Addis.

The latter informs us

that they were at once known in both Paris and Berlin,

and