CO129-559-1 Canton - Hankow Railways 15-1-1936 - 23-6-1936 — Page 14

CANT OF - HANKOW BAILWAY (HUPEK-HUNAN SECTION), report

14

CU_Y.

Yo.13.

(and three copies).

Copy to: Diplomatic Mission (No.13).

Report by Mr. Reeves

Report by

Fr. Sten.

Ganton.

Changsha.

Military Attache,

R. A. Y.

Britian Jonsulate-General,

Commercial Counsellor (No.10).

sir,

Hankow,

19th March, 1936.

On the 13th instant I deputed Mr. Vice-Consul

IP. Reeven to accompany Mr. Calder-Farshall and Mr.

Dick Vong of the Pinghan Railway on their cursory inspection of the Wuchong Depôt of the Wuchang-

Changsha section of the Centon-Hankow Railway, Calder-arshall being interested on behalf of the

Boxer Indemnity Commission. I enclose an extract

from Mr. Reeves's repert. This confirmed my own impressions of the existing state of affairs and was

so deplorable that I requested Mr. J.C. Bteen, the

nominal Aoting Engineer-in-Chief of the line to

furnish me with a brief Statement of the position

in his ow words. I enclose Hr. Steen's Statement

marked "confidential" owing to the delicacy of his

own position, which is explained in the preface.

/ 2.

His Excellency

The Honourable Sir Alexander Cadogan, K.0.M.G., C.B.,

His Majesty's Ambassador,

Peking.