Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1919, Volume I - Office of the Historian

Railways⁷⁵

^75.See also pp. 281–282, 286–289, and 373–375.

Contents

Agreements between China and Japan concerning the management of the Shantung Railway and the construction of branches; loan agreement for the construction of Manchurian and Mongolian railways—Elimination of German interests from the Hukuang Railway enterprise—Confiscation of the German share in the Hukuang Railway bond issue by the Chinese Government; American protests (Documents 542–557)
Operation of the Chinese Eastern Railway: agreement between the United States and Japan for an inter-Allied committee and a technical board under the presidency of Mr. John F. Stevens; acceptance of the plan by the Allied Governments; acceptance by the Chinese Government with reservations as to its special rights—Scheme of international financial support; contribution of the United States—Japanese suggestion of a change of gauge of the Harbin-Changchun line; disapproval by the United States—Attempt of General Semenov to obtain control; opposition of the United States (Documents 558–592)