CO129-402 - Governor Sir May - 1913 [7-8] — Page 237

CONFIDENTIAL.

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 24th. July, 1913.

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With reference to previous correspondence end- -ing with your Confidential Despatch of the 23rd. of January on

the subject of the connection between the Canton-Kowloon and Canton-

-Hankow Railway, I have the honour to inform you that lir. F. Grove,

the Manager of the Chinese Section of the Canton-Kowloon Railway, who is at present my guest here, has expressed the opinion, in which

I myself concur, that the Provincial Authorities will never make

the connection except under direct pressure from His liajesty's Government. Mr. Grove states that upwards of 80 miles of the Canton- -Hankow Railway are now open to traffic and that construction is in

progress up to 110th. mile. From a business point of view he, like

this Government, desires to see the connection made at the earliest

possible moment.

The Provisional Government of China is under

obligations to His Majesty's Government and I would venture, with

respect, to suggest that as one of the conditions of the recogni- -tion of that Government or of whatever Government may ultimately

be established in China, the connection referred to might be insist-

-ed upon.

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RIGHT HONOURABLE

LE IS HARCOURT, M.P.,

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I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient, humble servant,

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