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A Correction.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
EXPLANATORY,
We have received the following from Mr. Quo Tai-chi (Director of the Canton Information Bureau)
The Canton Information Bureau presents its compliments| to the Editor of the Hongkong Telegraph and begs to assure him that the insertion of the wot about the ann and the British Empire in the state- mant, noticed in his edi- torial columns last Saturday was intended entirely to be understood in the like playful senso in which,
originally used by distinguisbed Anglo-Saxoo bamourist. The Bureau, how- ever, will bear in mind that the repetition of the mot in China appears to be resanted.
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As regards the reference to the "White section of the Empire, a further glance at the statement would show that it was necessary to distinguish what Mr. Lloyd George calls the Anglo- Cel: section of the Empire from the coloured popu- lation of India and the Crown Colonies. It was purely a logical: TERSON, not at all a desire to indulge in a cheap taunt or snes". that dictated the reference.
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