CO129-362 - Public Offices - 1909 — Page 650

[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]

CHINA RAILWAYS.

CONFIDENTIAL.

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[July 22.]

SECTION 3.

Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.(Received July 22.)

(No. 122.) (Telegraphic.) P.

Peking, July 22, 1909. I BEG to refer to the concluding paragraph of my telegram No. 109 of the 17th ultimo.

I am told by Messrs. Paulings' representative in Peking that, in consequence of an interview which he has had with my Japanese colleague, he does not expect the construction of the Chinchow-Taonan-fu Railway to meet with any serious opposition on the part of the Japanese Government.

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