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Enclosure 2 in die J. Jordan's ho. 26, 187
Monday, 19 June, 1911.
of June 26, 1911.
Sir John Jordan accompanied by Mr. Barton called on
Sheng Kung Pao (with whom was his Adcretary Chao) at his
house at 11 4.0.
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Sir John Jordan outlined the history of the negotiations
on this subject which had taken place during the past year and said that he desired now to enlist the support of Sheng with
a view to the conclusion of an agreement without further delay.
The matter was pressing in view of the fact that the line was
expected to be open in August next, but so far very little
progress had been made towards any agreement.
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Asked whether he had received any report from Chao, the
representative of the Chinese section, on the subject Sheng
replied that he had received one report which, however, was
lacking in detail and he himself was consequently not very
conversant with the points at issue.
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Asked whether he he received any telegram from the Canton
Viceroy recommending the Agreement, he replied that he had re-
ceived one about a fortnight ago recoming the appointment
of Wei Han as an additional negotiator; he had not yet suno❤
tioned the appointment as he was loath to supersede Chao and
moreover he understood that Wei Han only spoke French.
Sir J. Jordan said he was acquainted with Wei who spoke
English and would probably be of assistance in the negotiations while there was no idea of superseding Chao: the great point
was to bring the negotiations to a conclusion as soon as pos- sible and he asked if Sheng could suggest any means whereby
they could be expedited.
Sheng asked if Sir J. Jordan could explain the points
Sir J. Jordan said he was on which difficulty had arison.
not clear as to the objections raised by the Chinese negotia- tors but the Hongkong Government laid stress on the rates being
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