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CHINA RAILWAYS.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[14732,
No. 1..
RegE27 MAY 10 [April 27]
SECTION 1.
Questions asked in the House of Commons, April 27, 1910.
Mr. Remnant (for Earl Winterton),-To ask whether the objections raised by Russia to the construction by China of the Chinchow-Aigun Railway were consistent with the undertakings given by Russia in the Portsmouth Treaty of Peace, and especially articles 3 and 4 of that treaty, and with the Russia-China Secret Treaty of 1895, and especially article 4 of that treaty.
The Honourable Member also asked whether the attitude of Japan towards the proposed construction by China of the Chinchow-Aigun Railway was consistent with the Portsmouth Treaty of Peace, and especially, with articles 3 and 4 of that treaty; and whether this attitude was consistent with clause 7 of the Treaty of 1905 between China and Japan, and with paragraph (b) of the preamble of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance of 1905.
Answer by Mr. McKinnon Wood (for Sir E. Grey).
I beg to reply to the noble Lord's two questions on this subject together. I have nothing to add to the replies which I have already made in regard to this matter, to the effect that there appears to be nothing unreasonable in the attitude of either Russia or Japan, and that it is not for His Majesty's Government to define the rights and interests of other Powers in the regions affected.
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