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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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