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half of the sum required and that if the $22,000,000
were sent to Canton I felt convinced it would be
pt
partly misapprqiated and partly squandered and that
very little real good would result.
Mr.Liang said that he was well aware that it
would not be safe to entrust the money to the Provincial
Government and that a trustworthy official would be
appointed to administer the fund.
I then said that I did not think that the present
Government of Canton was capable of the financial
reform required for the establishment of a firm Government.
I pointed out that the Manchu Government had collected
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$40,000,000 (from the Province, but that the present
Government was too weak to collect anything like that
sum.
the Governor-General.
Mr.Liang then asked me what my opinion was of
Was he capable of aniatât initiative
or was he a weak man influenced by his officials ?
I said he was a weak man and could not control
the various Commissioners under him. He was no doubt
well meaning, but he had had no training experience to
fit him for the heavy responsibility of so large a
Government as that of the Kwang tung Province.
Mr.Liang asked me what the relations of the
Government of Kwang tung were with the Government of
Hongkong.
I said that they were quite friendly, although
differences had arisen over matters which were of
comparatively minor importance compared with the
necessity for reforming the Government of the Province,
and that I did not wish to make any complainte or to
trouble him with small matters when he had such a
heavy