CO129-520-6 Railway development- Canton-Kowloon Railway 5-11-1929 - 5-11-1930 — Page 149

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CHINESE GOT RNMEET RAIL/AD.

Canton-Kowloon Line.

Managing Director's Office,

Canton.

21st. September 1929.

The Hanager,

Kowloon Canton Railway,

British Section,

Kowloon.

Sir,

161

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of

your letter Bo. 498 of the 17th. instant, and am surprised to

learn that you have actually jetained eleven thousand odd

dollars from our traffic receipts in respect of suspension

of traffic this year. Such aotion in my opinion is incompa-

tiable and is in direct contradiction to Article 7 olause (2)

of our working 4reement, which reads as followi–

*ben in circumstances of political emergency it is

necessary either for the long Long Government or for

the Chinese Government to suspend the running of through

truins, due notice (not less than six hours clear) shall

be given by die one Coverment to the other end

Compensation shall be said by the Goverment requesting

such suspension sto, eto."

this case is in minilar reapest to the amount of

olaim against the Chinese section, $900,000.00 oda, which

is still outstanding pending the disenssion between the two

respective Governments,

Any

ttlement of such olains me

be acmotloned by the Ministry and the Board of Foreign

/ Affairs