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I have only appointed two delegates as H. M. Minister at Peking has authorised you to be a member of the delegation.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
H. B. M. CONSUL-GENERAL,
Canton.
No. 3.
(Sd.)
C. CLEMENTI,
Governor, &c.
SIR,
H. B. M. CONSULATE GENERAL, CANTON, June 16th, 1926.
I have been requested by the Governor of Hongkong to inform you, in reply to the letter addressed by you to His Excellency on June 5th, that the strike in Hongkong has long been a thing of the past, but that he has appointed the Hon. Mr. J. H. Kemp and the Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax as representatives of the Hongkong Government to negotiate with the official representatives of the Canton Government a settlement of the anti-British boycott.
I enclose a copy of the Governor's letter for your information, and, with reference to the last paragraph thereof, I have the honour to state that at the request of the Hong- kong Government I have been authorised by His Majesty's Minister at Peking to be a member of the delegation.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,
Mr. CH’ÊN YU-JÊN,
Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Canton.
No. 4.
(Sd.)
J. F. BRENAN,
Acting Consul-General.
SIR,
REPUBLIC OF CHINA, NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT,
MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANTON, June 21st, 1926.
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch dated June 16th, in reply to my note addressed to the Governor of Hongkong in which I expressed the readiness of my Government to enter into negotiation with the Government of Hongkong regarding the Canton-Hongkong strike.