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Enclosure 4 ai Sir J. Jordan's No. 86]
) COPY.
CONFIDENTIAL.
of Delman 20, 1912.
152
H.B.M.Consulate General,
No.76.
Canton,
10695
3304
ip, 1911.
RECO
12 MAR 1912)
sir,
RE 23 MAR 12
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency's despatch No.89 of the 14th instant, as also of u demi-official letter aated the loth, with regard to the reopening of the Canton-Kowloon Railway for through
traffic.
As Your Excellency woula appear to be labouring unaer some misconception as to the way in which I have inter-
preted His Majesty's Minister's telegram of the 14th
November, and as to the attitude I have taken up in con-
sequenco, perhaps I may be allowed succinctly to define the position.
So soon as the Military Government had time to look
round, they appointed Captain Wu Hanaging Director of the Railway. Unless I had known that Mr Chao was on his way back to Canton, I should have objected to this appointment on the ground that it was anomalous for a revolutionary officer to be concerned in the management of a line under the control, in theory at least, of a Department of the Imporial Government. Fortunately the return of Mr Chau rendered a satisfactory compromise possible. Although he was the representative of the Yuch'uan Pu the Military Government were prepared to recognise, and work with, him.
To
His Excellency
Sir Frederick Lugaru, G.C.M.G, C.B, D.S.0,
atc,
atc,
و نامانی
Governor of Hongkong
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