New-York tribune., 1908-01-23
WITS LETTERS IN COURT
curNESE SIDE LIGHTS.
Dssa;Es of Negotiations for Hankose
Rdilscdg Concession.

,..--~ from, Nsl Tinr-fanC. former Chinese
- q. Washington. were put in evidence yes
NA. =. the continuation before Justice Davis. in
S,nrere Court, Of the trial Of the suit brought
l"e -r.,or- Weed Ba-res 10 recover S9ee,eeo from
. American China Development Company and
- -,ernbers OF the Chinese Railway syndicate
&c otter testimony was the advice gwen oy
sinister as 10 the way to accomplish things in
china. -, .4.
- 70 have asked All. you hold the money?
.syes have ell the money
60 Nr Barnes the Chinaman IS said TO
.s,s continued. this money should be put IN one
- hanks: II must be laid out Eberally for pre-
,,,-sr, rurposes: there viii be heavy expenses.
-r- syndicate will require large funds 10 enter
.,to such an undertaking Have they been pro-
,iaed2"
stTs- ,ris the negotiations. according to the
.er,opv proceeded smoothly Mr.. Barnes tesu-
sas that he had been summoned 10 Ne" YORK nE
ne late Senator CALVIN s. Brice, Of Ohio who too
~, Of the attempt the syndicate had mace
.hrorrh .ts agents 10 get concessions IN ChlIa-
~ Rsrnes said he told the Senator he would %
.,e 70 get the contract in Washington without
- his -r,,nk for China" This led 10 the
.s1vs-sstion with the Chinese Minister, which
en6ed in the satisfactory completion o1 lne o'N-
tracts ...-
-ro-s- You know face is very important IN emma
.--ast" said Mr.. Barnes, is very iHPol a Oa-lt
.,nression IN China. 1t meant that the minister
did not want the idea 10 get abroad 'hat We W.
ret-.ue TOO much 1t means that the ohlnalil- @
-rst preserve his dignity and selt-respecl' e"''-
With dignifed presence, and not c'a"i 'n'' '
sud5enoe- .L.-,
yrs7v kilograms put in evidence, some OF 'nei
~ = secret code referred TO Wu Ting-tans .
-s-1s7xre-n.r knowing all Oriental races i9'7
7.7vste-v" explained Mr. Barnes ! aeIeen "
vord h which his excellenCy might De hilo -.
s1so had Z secret cipher code for comm" -
nn-,ir1p " GSll-4l5IO--
s5ses. Desires met as authority nlSali"s
v-u had received the imperial auiloEtt ~ Ea-nes
7, he la-ter mart Of his testimony 1iI. &C.
ssjd that letters from the Chinese L - =,
-eoe5r-e5 every hour April 10 beloio i9 W
- ,ars.to, FINALLY in company with \ W
zeeh who had been one Of the agents Tor me syn
sfosre IN China he attended and signed lour con-
--sr,s They consisted Of an old beslaE coll0eS
son The right 10 build the railway rom la7lfoN
: -s--,7 The coal concessions and the reFersloi
:. =. I5n-ban railway These he testified were
1-.- ratified by imperial edict Of the Chinese gov
ernmenL ,- ,o-..
- :. e,er+ I've hours with the minister over the
<ss+-res ot q s50Oo00l0 bond issue He wanted
-, t4sr %, rsu The testimony at % while
.r-A5 hem low at o. He then said Let's split
ne difference he was willing 10 80 10 2, and
after four hours I got him down u Fl
I -o75 him that % was the best my principals
zo-r5 nav for the honds- He said he could not let
ser 90 a. - as he was acting under strict in
e--Bc+fcns from tho government, but he would
,st1s for ful authority close with me He did
shie u Chung. His excellency tried 10 crowd me
do7u 70 cne-ffth of the profits On the Goa! from
-be mines along the railway, bu1 7 insisted that
- mist have cue-half the profits the same as
.ra-7 the railway from Tankow 70 Peklng-
Negotiations got closer until on March 30 WI
7fre-fanz wrote ia his own hand 10 Mr.. Barnes
II sav that he had received a reply from Chung,
q clever and reasonable man. agreeing With most
of The terms o. the proposed contract
after The contracts were signed Mr.. Barnes testi-
sed that they were submitted the State Depart
rue7t and sent 70 the United States Minister at
Peking The suggestion WAS made hy WI that the
srrvev b. conducted by the engineers at cnce, be
4a-z me hot season set IN. Then came the Span
.sa WEI and il vas impossible for the syndicate
q NJ Barnes 70 raise the necessary bond TO guar
srtee the fu1flIneur Of the contracts
Minister W. insisted that the fund for the guar
sutes q ths loan be put Up a1 once, as this was
me frs concession granted by China 70 the Amer
iosns / was sugges1ed 10 Mr.. Barnes that he try
10 -blu4~ W. 7-ho might become irritated and
begin 'seoIdtuz in public
Tie examination q Mr. Barnes will be continued
Tc-dsy.