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"and promises that all receipts be paid to Consul-Coneral, quards "for safety of trains be paid by the new Government, Hongkong "indemnified for loss by suspension, no Likin Stations, and Chao "be lanaging Director. Have informed him am willing to re- *-comence as soon as Engineer-in-Chief, Chinese Section, can do
and inform me reasonable safety life and property of rail- "-way and passengers. Engineer-in-chief of Chinese Section says "unable to resume traffic till Thursday. I shall be glad if you "can obtain concurrence of Chinese Government in terms of Work-
"-ing Agreement. Will they consent that in cases of necessity I "may deal with provisional Government Canton in absence of any "representative of Peking Government". I also wrote on the 12th. instant a letter, of which I enclose a copy, to Mr. Jamieson. On the 13th. instant Mr. Jamieson telegraphed to me as follows:- "Railway. After four hours' delay from the time agreed upon Moore "left for Sam Chun Lindsell accompanying him. They were in charge "of one of the Tu Tu's delegates who gave me the assurance called *for and had an escort of foreign drilled troops, picked men, 48 "in number, who were only collected after much difficulty how- "-over. The party reached Sheklung where they were held up by a "mob of about 800 men who forbade their proceeding further. In "spite of the fact that the Tu Tu's delegate produced his com- "-mission they chose to assume that he was an Imperial Officer "seeking refuge in Hongkong. Situation one of extreme danger for "everybody concerned was only save by the efforts of certain "revolutionary leaders who held off the armed mob and by the self "control displayed by the escort. The party was allowed to return "to Canton after the escort had been all disarmed. The futility "of accepting assurances from the present Government is I think "clearly demonstrated by this occurrence. Although the Tu Tu's "representative threatens reprisal it is manifest that the Pro- "-vince as distinct from the capital is out of hand. A station "half-way between Canton and Sheklung has been wrecked but it is "ascertained that the line between Sheklung and hanchun is in- "-tact while some stations and telegraph lines have sustained
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