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4. SINCE 3RD MAY TRAVELLERS ARRIVING IN THE COLONY HAVE NOT
REPORTED ANY FURTHER DISTURBANCES IN CANTON (TELEGRAM NO. 546
REFERS) AND THIS MAY INDICATE THAT THE FACTIONAL FIGHTING, WHICH
MAINLY INVOLVED STUDENTS AND SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY RECENT
NATIONAL PROPAGANDA PRAISING REVOLUTIONARY FACTIONALISM, HAS FOR THE
MOMENT DIED DOWN.
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