Britain would use its share of the Boxer Indemnity to pay for construction .
The Chinese and British governments reached an agreement by which the British would complete the Canton to Hankou railway begun in 1904 by Americans but never completed .
British would use British 's share of the Boxer Indemnity to pay for construction .
The Chinese and British governments reached an agreement by which the British would complete the Canton to Hankou railway begun in 1904 by Americans but never completed .