CO129-520-6 Railway development- Canton-Kowloon Railway 5-11-1929 - 5-11-1930 — Page 141

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provisions and conditions of the Agreement,

each party shall, after due and reasonable

notice, withdraw all plant which belongs to

it from the section of the other party and

may work ite own section independently of

the other, arranging for the closing of the

books and accounts up to the day of the aus-

pension or this Agreement

This article may have been overlocked by the British section of

the railway when formulating their olala.

5. To sum up, I sympathise with the Government of the Colony

in the inconvenience and material loss repeatedly caused to them

by the interruption of through-traffie by civil disturbances

affeating the Chinese section, but in view of the terms of the

working Agreement, I cannot avoid grave doubts as to whether a

claim for compensation can properly be held to lie against the

Chinese erernment

6. Moreover, I think that the Government of the Colony pro-

bably share my view that, in view of the present financial

difficulties of the Cuiness milways, it would be invidious to

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