Chu, has telegraphed to the protesting against the action of H.B. Consul at Wuhu in refusing to prohibit the engineer of Sir John Lister Kaye from transporting machinery from Tatung to Tunglin Hien for the working of the Tungkuanshan copper mine. HE. Feng says that, as the matter will be discussed between Lord Li Ching-fang and Sir J. L. Kaye in London shortly after the former's arrival there in his capacity as Chinese
tait the final decision of the two to Great Britain, the engineer wiles andthe Governor requests the istry of Foreign Affairs to approach Sir John Jordan about the matter with a view to avoiding trouble between the engineer and the natives of the Tung-lin district who have decided to oppose the landing if the former persists in carrying out his work.
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