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No. 1.
A 2 DEC 09
[September 21.]
SECTION 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received September 21.)
(No. 155.) (Telegraphic.) P.
RAILWAY loan negotiations.
Peking, September 21, 1909.
In reply to your telegram No. 154 of the 18th September, I would say that, in my opinion, the morally weak position of the Germans in regard to the loan, due to the methods not entirely above reproach by which they have attained it, is a consideration that justifies us in asking that the Germans should make some sacrifice towards the general loss caused by the appearance of the Americans on the scene. I am therefore of opinion that we ought, on political grounds, to urge the matter on the German Government, either at Berlin or here in Peking, if you consider inadvisable to approach the German Government direct. In the latter case I find it hard to suggest a practical course, though one might, with Mr. Hillier as intermediary, let the Peking agent of the German Bank know that the loan will fall to the ground unless some modification is introduced. Were Mr. Cordes to recognize this fact, it is possible that some solution of the difficulty might be arrived at.
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