NO.41
(A 3 copies)
sir,
British Consulate-General,
CANTON,
159
21st March, 1938.
Upon receipt of your telegram No.35 of
February 12th, I addressed a letter to the Special
Delegate for Foreign Affairs on March 15th, protesting
against any destruction of the Canton-Kowloon Railway.
A copy of this despatch is enclosed.
2.
This morning I took the opportunity of a call
on General Yu Han-ou to mention this protest. He
attempted to dismiss the matter with the sole remark
that it was a question which concerned the Special Delegate'
office. I explained that, on the contrary, it was a
practical military matter. It was true that I wished
officially, under the terms of a certain Loan Agreement
a diplomatic question - to protest against any damage done
to the Railway and to state that the Chinese Government
would be responsible to the bond holders for any such
damage, but, unofficially I appreciated that in certain
circumstances damage must be done deliberately - a military
question and desired to insure that any damage the
Chinese Military Authorities were obliged to do in the
interests of the defence of Canton would be done
scientifically
His Excellency,
preferably by the engineers of the Canton-
Kowloon Railway themselves -, so as to insure the minimum
Sir Archibald Clark Kerr, K.C.M.G.,
Eta, etc., etc.,
His Majesty's ambassador,
British mbassy,
BHANGHAI.
of
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