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attitude of villagere.

employés,

3. Possible danger to the lives of Turpopoän

wore provided for by reference

By myself to the Managing Director and

to the Corporation.

b. By reference to the Director fener 1,

Poking, by Mr. Na Bland, who holds the Power of Attorney

of the Corporation.

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By reference to I.B. Sir John Jordan,

British Minister at Peking, by Mr. Bland, appe:ding for

special diplomatic measures should the necessity arise.

ly reading of the loan agreement is that it would

have been unwise of me to have referred to yourself for

special local diplomatic action unless matters were "in

extremis*, or unless the lives of our foreign employés

were in real danger. Up to the present I do not consider

that I can charge the Chinese authorities with failure

to provide fairly efficient, protection for the persons

of our engineers or that their lives have boon in imminent

danger