CO129-360 - Public Offices - 1909 — Page 714

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Bro 30 MAR 09

Paraphrase of Telegram from Sir J. Jordan, No.70,

dated March 27th, 1909.

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Canton-Hankow Railway Loan. Your telegram No.55

of 26th March.

Second statement attributed to Bland is, he de-

clares, entirely false, he is informing Cordes of this.

It appears to have been used as the merest pretext.

I consider that for British interests in the

Yang-tsze valley the situation threatens to become

very serious.