CO129-470 - Public Offices - 1921 — Page 97

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September 23rd, 1920.

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I have the honour to refer you to your tel÷grầm ro, 25

of the 13th instant, and to my reply thereto No. 47 of the

15th instant, on the subject of Pesaro, Loxley

Company'a

proposals concemin;, the Canton-Hankow Railway, I have de-

layed su’mitting this further report partly owing to my

being prevented by the pressure of work occasioned by the

present politionl situation here from givin. the matter the

consideration it required, and partly because I wished first

to consult Ir,"tabb, which I did not have an opportunity of

doing until yesterday,

The first I heard of the matter wan "ir Reginald Stubbhå

letter to me of August 18th last enclosinit a copy of his

despatch to you of the same date. A few days later I saw

r.Fletcher, the Coloniel "ecretary, und pointed out to

him that the soi-disant Vilitary Govarama nt was not recog-

nized in any way by „Government, and the result of this

conversation was the Governor's further despatch to you of

the 23rd ultiro.

I venture to submit that a contr-at on those lines,

even if negotiated with the Provincial uthorities instead

of the Military Government, would be impossible to carry

out. As Heaars,Loxley & Company point out - and even in-

aist - the first step to be taken in the acquisition of the

portion of the line already constructed; this is valued

4.Clive, Esquire, C.F.C..

H.M.Chargé d'Affairen,

P*KING.

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