The subjoined quotation ix a tele-Wong, and has reference to the suit ram from Washington to the New Yor
brought by a Mr. Barnes against the syndicate for services. We have been informed that the telegram is substantially accurate, and it is well-known hero that Mr. a. WY. Bash spent nearly two years in China in negotiating for the contract to build the Hankow-Peking-Canton lines, and we have reliable information that it was through the perseverance of Mr. Bash that the contract for building the Hankow-Cwnton line was finally signed. The contract on behalf of the syndicate was signed by Mr. Bash, and Mr. Bash is the accredited representative of the syndicate in Chins. The Chinese Minister at Washington signed the contract on belait of the Chinese Government Washington Sth December—Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister, when asked to-night regarding the great railroad concession from Hankow to Canton, in China, to the American-China Development Compony of New York, said "This matter is now in the hands of the Courts, and I must decline to discuss it. I am sorry that the details of the transaction should be made public at this time."
'A prominent member of Congress, who is acquainted with every detail of the American-China Development Company's transactions with Mr. Wu and the Chinese Government gave this version of the story to the World to-night "The main figure in this deal with China and the man least mentioned is Mr. A. W. Bash, one of the agents of the company. Mr. Bash is the man who engineered the deal and by clever diplomacy finally won the day. a "The proposition to get concessions from the Imperial Government from Hankow to Peking was precipitated in New York more thin five years ago. Bash, accompanied by two atler members of the company, went to China. 'The Chinese Government appointed Wu 'Ting-fang, now the Chinese Hinister here, to deal with -Bash and his associates. 'They soon reached an understanding, and a contract was about to be signed' when Bash's com-bunions returned to the United States, but he remained to negotiate further with the Government.
"About a year and ahalé ago Bash saw his opportunity to enter into fresh negotiations with the Chinese Government for the road from Hankow to Canton. He secured " half promise from the authorities to deal with him, whereupon he wired tothe United States for members of the company to sound the Chinese Minister on the subject. He then returned to the United States to superintend the negotiations himself.
"He went immediately to New York and was joined by Barnes, also connected with the company. That was Barnes's first identification with the negotiations."
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