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vacancy.
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appointing Chan Kwing-ming to the
On his return from Shanghai in the spring of 1912 Dr. Sun went direct to Canton where he was royally reted, being welcomed with triumphal arches, tea-parties, and a reception on Shameen by the Comissioner of Maritime Customs. In Hongkong he called on Ir. C. Severn, then administering the Government: he lived in the llongkong Hotel and was hardly ever clear of visitors, people crowding outside the hotel to see him.
4.
Last month Dr. Sun's arrival was unnoticed. He came from Shanghai secretly, but the fact that he was on board the English Mail seems to have been well known among the Chinese. He is most distinctly under a cloud and moved about unnoticed. One hears more of "the man who has been trying to ruin China" than of "the great reform leader". There are rumours, which are believed, that some of his photographs exhibited in the streets have been stoned. This is not verified, but the photographs are certainly less common. Sir Chen-tung Liang Cheng told Mr. Hallifax, the Registrar-General, on the 4th. that beyond doubt Dr. Sun was now entirely discredited: that he was "a demagogue, adventurer and liar and the people of China now saw through him as through thin paper". Strong words which need to be discounted in view of the know political sympathies of the speaker: but with only a little dis- -count they seem fairly to represent the com.on view. Dr. Sun did not call at Government House and I took therefore no notice of his
presence in the Colony.
5.
In the meantime Wu Hon-man, a satellite of Dr.
Sun, had been relieved by President Yuan of the post of Governor of Kuangtung, to which he had returned last year after his expedition with Dr. Sun to Shanghai. Mr. Wu came down to Hongkong about a week ago and is now living in No. 31, Seymour Road. He is said to have brought a large sum of money with him and is exceeding-
-ly