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immediately since Sir M. Lampson will be
le aving Nanking at the end of the week.
No. 44 gives details of the Railway debts
which it is proposed should be paid out of
the Indemnity Funds. In the main they
consist of claims for
compensation arising
out of the Civil War in China. Liability
has not been accepted by the Chinese
authorities and it is obvious that if tackled
on the matter Dr. Wang would refuse to accept
liability without consultation with the Canton
Provincial Government and the Railway authori-
ties, which would mean long delay. The
assurances to be obtained from the Chinese
on the question of the Railway debts do not,
in fact, provide that they shall be paid out
of the Indemnity Funds and further, they
refer only to debts for railway material.
The form of assurances
as now amenued is in
Peking telegram 4 No. 310( flagged
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There appears therefore to be no
chance of getting the Covernor's modified
suggestion in No. 45 accepted.
I spoke to
The
Mr. Ellis; he thought it would be sufficient
if we sent copies of the correspondence to
the F.0. for their consideration.
probability however is of course that their
reply will not be received before Sir M.
Lampson leaves Nanking, but the telegrams
have
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