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to Herr von Schoen that the Chinese Government gave us a
promise in September 1905 as regards this particular line
(Sir E. Satow's No.316 Confidential, 22nd September 1905
'Affairs of China' Part LIV), that the conclusion of an
Agreement, of a kind never contemplated in 1905, by the
Chinese Government with any foreign parties whereby our
people would be deprived of all the advantages of that
Agreement would violate its spirit. Of course this
Agreement is only between us and China but we should be
obliged to lodge a complaint with Chinese Government
if it were broken.
We should be glad to see an Agreement with German
groups but in default of that we should, with reference
to this particular line, have to take what steps we can
with Chinese Government to protect what special rights
we possess, although we have no desire to oppose German
enterprise in general.
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