Desire to Secure British Engineers for New Lines Last week, our readers may remember, it! was reported that the Nanking Chamber of Commerce had approached the Government for the purpose of securing the inking up of the Nationalist capital by rail to two important centres. It was pointed out that the only trunk line which serves Nanking ig the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, and the Chamber of Commerce asked that the proposed line to Changsha be pushed forward, and also that negotiations should be entered into with the Brrcish firm interested in the Nanking-Changsha line for Duilding railway from Nanking to Shuichow and Kaying in Kuangtung.
The Kuo Min telegram which contained this news pointed out that Peking had already negotiated with a British firm for the Nouking-
Changsha line. So far as can be earned, "the Nanking Government has not yet adopted the contract entered into for that enterprise, and it still remains one of the Peking legacies which may be turned to practical account st any time, As, however, the British concern in question has all the plans ready for the line, it is understood that anking Chamber of Commerce to be put into operation lo, and furthermore that the same firm should undertake the building of the sugwrested me to Kuangtung.
While no definite information is jet available on these matters, it is stated in Chinese circles® that the firm in question Is Messn" Poulings, who have already done important railway financing and construction in China and in whom the Chinese have a very" great Amount of confidence, British, American, Belgian and Dutch capitalists are reported by the "Sinwanpao" to have agreed to make a loan of $5,000,000 to the Nanking Government for the con struction of railways. In this of interest to note mistry of Railways is con-the construction of a ne!- work of lines from Tatungfu, in Shansi, as well
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