CO129-391 - Acting Governor Claud Severn Governor Sir May - 1912 [7-8] — Page 203

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Hongkong, 2nd. January, 1912.

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of

your despatch No. 82 of 28th. December, 1911.

You have I think mistaken the proposal made in

mine of 22nd. instant. I had no intention of urging that the

claim on account of the cessation of the through Railway Service should necessarily be made "on those at present administering the Government". My view was that as the claim is in strict accord-

-ance with the obligation admitted by the Chinese Authorities, it should be paid on the certificate of the Railway Administration, ar an acknowledged charge on the receipts of the Railway, out of Railway earnings. This I understood Mr. Alston to fully concur in.

A claim of this nature is in quite a different

category from indemnity claims which are the subject of diplomatic negotiation through the Legation, in that it is fully admitted.

I have etc.,

(Sd.) F. D. Lugard,

Governor, &C..

His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General,

Canton.