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plans for a new City at hampoa had been drawn up prior to Er. Goodrich's arrival, but these plans end 11 previous schemes were radically changed on Mr. Goodrich's advice, and the enclosure in this despatch is all that is really pertinent. Ur. Scott quoted opinions and gave cogent reasons why Champoe was unlikely to succeed as a Port.
A great majority of foreign technical experts have agreed
with these opinions. ...n the other hand Hz. Goodrich has
told me that while on arrival he thought the scheme WAB
probably fantastic, he had subsequently changed his views
and had become a strong believer. Thile Mr. Goodrich's
opiniona were probably biased by affection for this child
and of his brsin/by undue optimiam as to Chinese ability to
carry out a plan, even when that plan is correctly schemed and begun, foreign critics were probably unduly biased in
the other direction.
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At the sune time, whatever may have been the opinion of experts on the possibilities of the development of Whampoa by the Chinese to an extent which might adversely affect the port of Hongkong, I feel that the question should now be examined in the light of the fact that any further development might well be undertaken by the Japanese or under Japanese auspices. Provided the Japanese onan supply sufficient funds (a question on which I am not in a position to express any views) there anams little resson to suppose that Whampoa could not be developed as a port at
least of sufficient dimensions to accommodate Japanese shipping without the necessity for such shipping celling at
or trans-shipping cargo at Hongkong. I do not consider
that there is now any question of the development of #hampos
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