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proposeda咒
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m㏑ewhetherUr not therailwhyconstructbnshUuIdbecUnoededto&fUre地h
enterpriso.AnyUfficial由hU蕊虫6dan‘逆
「eemen‘cUncerningtherailwaycUncession
〝位thouttheappro▼alofthe‘‘peopIe”,LiangannUunced,shouk︳
beoUndemncdas
a“tra北oΓ’
.B. Hehadnot地
nUiedtheurgent neces盅tyofco在struct士名Ch㏑eSerailWaysw丘hfUre屯nlUans,butheassertedt●atthera二lwaybonds oouldbenU叫比好
dtectlybytheCⅡ
nosegovernm.ht.In●dditjbh;va」ousrailwaysshouIdbec.n.structedbytheCⅡnes←anancedoUm●a血eSWⅢ㏑utanYgovernment interferehce
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bn,thestudents inJap日nWereeSpedallVact∥e…isuppUrt㏒thegentiy’sdemand出Aft●rtheabrUgat°n movemcntdeveloped㏑theprUⅥnceS.
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lwayAssUσa●bnUfHupeh,Hunan,andKwangtunginT。
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。°Veryoftheoonces㎡°n.Theye▼ens°●t
delegatesbacktUShangh缸to prU㎡°eadⅥ
。°stUtheprU▼㏑cialrepresentatⅣes
theras8 TheCⅢneserevUlutbna呼groups inJapanundertheleaderJip ofSun Yat-senwere act∥einSupportmgtheeffUrtsUfthethreepro▼ince『people.Hu
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fUre㎏n investmentWas“s°llingout’PCⅡn°sesUVere㎏nt9an●natbnal㏑托 reStS.B9
TheC血
nesestudents in theUnledStatespet北iUnedtheMinistry。f﹉F。re旭nA“缸邱inPek㏑
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n inCantUn,a血
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rcaicellatbhof…cδr㎏㏑
altw°AmericahoUntracts.Thc’ex_prcsdedthattheUnitedStatesgovernmentShUuldnUt intervenein thecasebecausc 北wasbas沁allVadomest㏑matterfUrCⅡ
na.AstheAmer沁
anοompanywasthe
竹st tUvkⅡateits°b域帥tbnS,theyreasUned,丘s miS。°ηducthad叩tu●llvexclud°d
北 from thedΦlUmat㏑
prUtectbnUftheUn北
edStates.9。RepreSentedb9Wang
Ch’un針hutWhUlater playedan impoftant rδlein thesuccess∥eRepub上canre.
giInes,th●studentSu珞ed theCⅡnesegUvernmcnt tU 五nnUuncepublclythatthe
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Ⅱandthen prUcee°tUneg°tiatew●ththeAmer沁 anC竹
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ustments.Theysuggestedthat:i●°rdcr to 位hanceJis reclaimedrailwaypmject,theCⅡnosegUVernm●nt shUuldorgan比e.amilwaycUrpUratbhandnUat lsbUndsdiectlvihthesto。 k㏑
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canC㏑naDevelUpmcnt cUm●an〦Thec。n就ru〢bhwUrkUftherailwaVw°uldbea“圯ncdtUφN曲 ㏑_3了1。
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American eng㏑eerⅡ圯 ftInSonacontractualbasis,but theywUuldnUtbe●er..
mltedtU㏑
terferewiththcrailWa′scUntrUl 色ndmanagoment.9l ACⅡ
nesestudent inCalifUrn㏑
,T.Y.Chang,wr北
i略in theDrJgUK∫〞仍da弦,apub出catb.by the ChneSe Student AⅢance UfAmerica, declared that the precedents iaid
dUwnbytheRussianfailwaySinMahchuriaandtheGermanraⅡ
Ways in:Shantung had taught the CⅡnes● t。 believethat ‘‘should theCantUn-Hankow iailway becUntrUlled by、a great fUrelgn pUwer, the whole Uf SUuth C㏑na inlght be threatened.”9●
D.Amㄇ
山泛nRmponses
It is㏑terest㏒to n。tethestandstheUn比edStatesgo▼ernment t°okatth●
VaⅡous stag●s二
nthe develUpment oftheisSue.AlthUughtheAmericanCh㏑
aDevelUpm●
ntCompanywasd珀
lUmat沁alIV§usportedbytheAmer㏑
anm二血stersin China at eveoy stage ofthe negotiatbns, Secretaiy Uf一StateWi1lian】 R. Day, hadne●
eroUmm北 tedthcAmer比
angUvernmeht,㏑1898,tUguaranteethe,︷㎡legesandr地hts。
btainedbytheCUmpanyag㎡
nstanyoutsⅡeinterferenc°.9.Ine巨rly l9U4,CongertelegraphedJUhnHayinfUrIninghⅡ
noftheCⅡ
neS°dk.content o﹀
erthe廿
anSfeΠingofthecUntro1Ufthe﹉CUmpanytUBel茁
anhands.General WⅡttier, prosident of thc AmcricanChina DevelUpm●ntC°mpaiy,
ex-pla二n°dto theS°creta.◤thattheComp巨nyhadUnlyInadecertainchang●
samong
it●U#icers.9.Haytheh㏑structedtheA㏑erican ministeratBrusso︳s to proVme
add丘bnal infUIⅢ
atbnUnthe㏑
attei9.ItsUonbecamedearthatBelg㏑n intruslUn intU the enterpHse was ㏑de°d a rea上ty and that th° United Stat°sgUvernment㏑地htbecalledupon to prUtect a nominallVAmeΠcahbut actuallYBelg㏑ n-cUntroⅢ
edoUmpany㏑
atumultuousCⅡna.The Amcrican goverh㏑●nt was under pressur● tU take aσtj°n. Wi1㏑m﹉B.
ParsUns,eX-presidentUfth°AInericanC㏑naDev°lUpmentCUmpanywhUhadbeen
expelledfromhkpU就bytheB°lg㏑n-dUminatedbUardUfdlectUrs in●arlYl9U4, chargedopenlyt●at●heBelg㏑
●
interests,thoughappUmtmgAmer沁ans●sthclr agentS, had changed the enterprise int° an un-Americ巨n Une.% John FUrd, se-cretaryoftheAmericah入茁atitAssodatbn,wrotetUWil上amW.RUc㎞
ll,fUrmer-39U-. 24 -39U-.
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mpanY敗
°cks tUthpFre㏄●andBe地●ncap北a上就SWh。WerepU$blVactingfUr theRuSSU£h㏑eseBank.’’ Anart二clewr止ten㏑mid-19U4byCharlesDenby,﹉fUrmerAmeImnIn㏑
曲ter toC㏑na,oonftmedthat﹉theCant。n一HankUwr缸
lway oonces蕊onw盆 S㏑
tent㏑nallyass屯nedtoUh北
edStateS;斑Leisbyth●CⅢnosogb▼er㏕ont,andtheBelg㏑ns,sincetheooncess㏑
nSVerYb屯
㏕ng,hadmade
effUΠs●° obstructtheAmoHcan po#Fss㏑nUfi:外t%θⅣ 帥 yb比J●tΠ〃′ ●r
C●〞 〞 研Cea竹〞 ‘●〞9竹eΓ由 :B例防 田比 alSU°a.㏑dSeVefalfepUrtSofthec㏑ng㏒
characterbftheoonc●恥
bnandlamentcdt●
ats叩山 ●change would
出leth.
CⅡnesegUverIlmentapretextfUrabrUga恤theoontracts.卯The”Ⅲ …l〢thzed
Whitt●“’sdefenceofth●unchang°dst在tuS°ftheC° mpanyasanAmUHcanenteI-prisehfterBelgian oon廿
。
l°fthem葡U【曲 Uftheb°ndsas“absurd”S㏑cehUW“a
fUre…st°ckholdinginterest in ra山oadshadaprecidelyoUmpaiab”StatustUa
㎡mⅢi研 ㏑ anAmeriCanρor●Urato●chartefedtocUnstructar㎡㏑ 汨d㏑afUre屯n
cUun竹y,andd茁m㏒ .‥ theinteWe…㏑n°fthes●ongarmUftheU.S.fUrthc
prUtect㏑
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sagentsag●…
st mU●vblencein that oountrV.’’
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Ⅱ 紅
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uouslytheAm田 北
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竹
hatf㏑aic㏑llvubhu北ous monarch,themngUfthe!Bc地hns,ktheaccepted headoftherfst(Ff●noc).:’i°°
indeed,aft●fpr外entatbnofavagueguarantoeto theCⅡneseministerat W祁ⅢngtUn onMay!l,19U究th.A…ericangUvernm●ntdmnUtm.k.effUrtStU
oUnfrUnt th。C㏑而 由 岫 名n如無atUrs.CUmgerwasi外truCtedtUlUdgeaprUtest
盹 血 就 an9●i由j6一由主i去
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站n一iak.nbithee血nesego呵nmentandtδdeInand
CⅢnese cU.operatjbn ih sett上ng the dkp.te “by usual oontractualreγ汀tS, in, clud㏑g,rn.cessary,§ub㏑
issbntU土
npart㏑lreferUnces.’’i°l Suchanegat∥estandbytheU山 .dS伍
teSfendoredShen『seffUrtsfutile.Undertheoo-Urd㏑atedpressⅢ
ooftheBen●
v.m.i.hantgroupsofthethrebproVinceS,ShengwascUm-.pelled丘溶ttUSt°pthenUat山名°fther狂lw五
ybondSon theNewY。
rk stock●arket㏑ Jun.19U4,1●2aηdt●.●t。
prUposetUthePek㏒
ool1rt thatthewholemn● es-蕊on●cctnc●lled6hthe出r°ihdth由tthe●xktenceofBelg㏑n。°ntro!ling㏑terUstS蜘 Amof㏑
anCⅡ naDevelUpmentCUmpany
南as oontrary to theor地㏑al-369-|
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°
oncertedanddeterminedoppU血
㏑nfrombUththe h旭
。.r.nkng prUv㏑daloΠⅡc㏑
lsandthegeniygroups,hehadnUchU梵
e.ThegU﹀ernment inPeHngfa°eda蕊milardilemma.UnNoV●
mberl4,19U4,PrinceC∵
㏒,theheadoftheGrand CUunciIandtheM㏑
istryofFor山興 AⅡ血s,㏑fUrmedtheA㏑
er㏑anm㏑
Ⅲ所 inPeking Uf tho Ch山oSegovernment deckbntσabfogatetherailway ooncess㏑n.
ButiheChineseFore迍
nM㏑
istrYdidnUt由ant to involv°丘sek一henChinaneeded urgentlvAmericandblUmat沁suppUrtUVertheManchur㏑nam缸
咚.Theburd●nof
nego∥atingasettle㏑ent ofabrUgat山吧theφ.cess°nwast。usa郎屯ne●
toChang
C㎞
{ung.Later,theCⅡnesemi㎡steratWash㏑其。
nnUt血
edtheStateDepart-mentUfthedecisbn.i。4Theih竹伍
lAmeⅡ
canrespUnseto theCⅢnesedeck°n
由aj q●1● strUng.CUngerwasUrderedbyJohnHay‘
‘tbenteranempha●icprU|est tasucharblIar9proc●edingS’’