CO129-368 - Acting Governor May - 1910 [8-9] — Page 393

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objecting to the Wicking the two line

kontor. Canter & Canton. Mankow, the

are able to the necessity

Chinese Gost

(the hike, & will cauphle it. This is

My satisfacton: ponit: the fewer points on which we have

& remores me debatable

to press the Chinese the litter on the negotiations.

that (3) There is no doubt that the Chinese cd.

A

take up jom't-management & the K-C line; a

sy strong position against

ct give my fair vasons for refusing

to

afru

to the proposal. In views 7

the present attitude

2

China, I am afleid it is almost certain that they will have nothing to do with jomit-management.

Still I do not think that we sad abandon the proposate, any how mutil farther regotiations have proceeded a good deal further. M'Lindsey's memo, so far as I can judge, shows that on certain conditions, which

that it in

Mr

only

it is by no means curtain that China !

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accept, the tow Bihin suction it say can fab back on that proposal of necessary. but in the meantime I st. continue & perro

for the Joint Management scheine.

There is no doubt that our best beer is the Cartones agreement which is framed pare almost saticily in the interests of China. The Chinese w. probably welcome it

hat they

nd

not thanks for it at thei

quatitude affect their bregaining about the Raitong if the Cartons

if the Cartons agreement were

signed life the by negotiations were completed; so that nelly it nights

be

better to all the Chinese that if they with accept our proposals as to the Racking they shall hav to Customs agreement,

We must go to 70.

but not theunie

? Send copy of this desp. of 29872, 1/298h to 7.0. Jag

that the S. L.S. thinks that the principle 9 jonit management on the

misisted on and how for the present.

other

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