Pro Our Owx anton, Mar. 11.
There haa been surprisingly little opposition shown to Marshal Ghi-hsin's foreign policy, 0 different from the foreign policy of other administrations. The Marshal has stated in his speeches of the past few days, during the visit of Sir Cecil Clementi, Governor of Hong-Kong, that he fully appreciates the fact that, because of the proximity of Hongkong and Canton, the fortunes of the two cities are bound to-Aether, and that their interests are mutual, It is for that reason that has sought the active and continued ce-operation of Hongkong in the building-ap of South China. For his part, Sir Cecil Clementi declared an entire willingness to exis support and aid, and plain that these words do not mean simply sympathy and good-will, but much more.—'Speak-Ing for his administration and for the merchants of Hongkong, as well as for himself, the Governor promised. that which sounded very' much like Joan. This latter word was not mentioned once, but it seemed to the members of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, whom he addressed on Saturday evening, AUiat this wes the idea ut which the city's guest was driving.
Daring the past several weeks, much has been said about the posbility of either the Hongkong Government o the merchante of the Grown Colony lending several millions for railroad construction, and it has been taken-for granted' that the firat piece of this nature to be undertaken would be the build. ing of a loop-line to connect the Canton termini of the Kowloon and Shivkuan railways. Lately, it thus been thought that, with _this connecting link completed, the Shin ewen Railway will be" extended beyond that. city to Cheungsha, meeting the line that runs to that, point from Hankow, thus furnishing Through communication between Hongkong and. Hankow.
Sir Cecil Clementi alluded to the fact that there had been much misunderstanding on the part of the merchants of Canton concerning the real purpose actuating those who so ardently' desire that this line should be built in the not too distant future, but these fears, he said, were groundless, for the capturing of Canton's trade and its diversion to the Colony, to the ruination of the commerce of Canton, was. fir from the minds of those who would promote thia scheme. The two) Cities. were not rivals, but, at the same time, neither could get along Without the other; they were the complement ench of the other. As Hongkong prospered, so did Canton prosper, and, vice versa, as the com mere of Canton flourished, in the same' proportion did the rinde of Hongkong, flourish,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.