CO129-482 - Public Offices - 1923 — Page 191

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necessary land to be paid to the Jant on Government

as the land was handed over. ris cellency added

that he was approaching the decreatry of State for the

Colonies in regard to a private guarantee by the

Government of Kongkong to the Corporation as additional

security for the loan, and enquired whether I could

nee my way to press the Peking Government to annrove

the loan for this much needed and long overdue work,

which was as much in the interests of Kartung as in

those of "ongkong.

4. I replied to 3ir Reginald tubbs by telegram

on the following day earnestly deprecating the proposed

transaction unless the British and Chinese Corporation

could induce the Ministry of Communications to agree

to their financing the construction of the loop line

on ordinary business terms and unless . Sun would

azred to the same principle. I pointed out that the

sparent. Paking loverment were but the creatures of

"sao Fun and 'Si Plal-fu, who were apparently determined to do what they could to prevent Sun Yat-sen reestab- lishing himself at Canton (see paragraph 5 of my

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