Although Ohina has given no official reply to R alternative railway scheme, unofficially and tentatively, the Central Government has let it be known that it may negative the Urge railway proposal by proclaiming that China had already decided to contract thet line medi without foreign assistance, either by way of loan or contract. Such s reply would be expected to carry the discussion back to the Chinchon-Aigan railway scheme and to relieve the American financiers of all responsibility in connexion with the rival scheme. Its advantage appears to. cod there; for no one expects Russia to allow the Chinchoa line to cross the Chinese Eastern railway. The Ohio-chou line, therefore, would be merely an unimportant branch line and its commercial enccese still more donbtfal.
It is still possible that wise counsels will prevail with the Chinese Govern-
UN lowing intern tional participation in the Urge line Russia would make a valeable concession to Ching, in that she has the excla-7 right to foreign concessions in that ict according to a Note addressed by the Chinese Government to the Rus-12 Tegation in Peking on May 29,1899, is substantially as follows The Chinese Government engages itself, that in case a railway is to be contracted to the north or north-east of Peking in the direction of the Rassian Frontier—nnlees China should intend to build the railway with her own means and resourees—before addressing any other Power on this subject the Chinese Government shall enter into negotiations concerning a concession for building this railway either with the Rassian Government or with a Russian Society and in n0 case shall the Chinese Goveroment admit that the right of constraction can be given to apy other Power or foreign Society.""
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