Enclosure No 2
COPY.
to governor's Confidential of
29 April 713.
Consul General Jamieson to H.M.Minister.
Confidential.
April 26, 1913.
ky.dear Sir John,
The Northern press and its editors are emphasising the indications of an impending rupture between North and South, and I, therefore, venture to give you a
appreciation of the sisuation in the South,i.e. this
Consular district, for which only I can speak, from the point of view of one on the spot.
Kwang tung's political wirepulling would appear all to be done by the representatives of the province in Shanghai or Peking, for with the exception of T'ang Shao
Yi, who still sulks in his tent at Hsiang Shan, there is no one left at home capable of pulling political wires end there does not seem to be any outcry for secession amongst the people. I may be wrong in my estimate of the
man, but I do not credit the Tu Tu with an excess of
brains or iniatiative and it is a wonder to me how he has been able to maintain himself for so long, although I must confess that, when I saw him yesterday, he gave me the impression of having gained considerably in self- reliance and confidence. The foreign educated young gentlemen, who administer the province under him, are too busy looking after their own departments, and in one or two instances in endeavouring to improve their financial positions, to have any time left to devote to high politics.
I
Sir John Jordan,G.C.I.E.,K.C.B.,K.C.M.G.
etc. etc. etc.
His Majesty'e Minister,
PEKING
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