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is a Japanese Colonel who has been in Canton and vicinity for some time past. I cannot place Yuen. But I am informed that
a Japanese employed in the Bank of Taiwan in Hongkong is re-
-ferred to. Tang Hang is a well-known rebel for whom the
Police hold a detention warrant with a view to his banishment
from this Colony.
Chu is Chi Tsap-san another rebel at present fighting at and near Kong Mun. Tsú Kan is a rebel banished
from Hongkong and wounded at Dutch Folly.
The first Sham mentioned is probably Sham Wai
Chong, a prominent member of the Society for the expulsion of
President Yuan. The second Sham mentioned is the ex Viceroy
Sham Tsen-huen,
Man Kwan appears in a recently published list
of officials under Sham Tsen-huen as Secretary in the Secretari-
-at.
2.
I have been at very great pains to prevent Chines
in this Colony from mixing themselves in Chinese politics.
With that object I banished Tau Kan and issued warrants against
Chu and Tang; and I have warned General Lung's brother Lung Kan-kwong who escaped hither from Wuchow that if he abuses the
hospitality of this Colony by intriguing with any of the
Political Parties in China I will deport him.
3.
In these circumstances I asked Mr. Imai, Consul General for Japan, who was closely associated with the revolu- -tionary Party in 1911 and who has been as active as his
colleague in Canton in the present rebellion, to call upon me
on the 11th instant. I showed him the copy of his letter, I
told him how it had come into my hands, I explained that de-
-tention warrants were out for Chu and Tang, I said that I had
taken a great deal of trouble to prevent Chinese residents from
dabbling in Chinese politics and I asked him not to send for
Chu and Tang and to refrain while resident in this Colony from
active participation in politics in China.
Mr.