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pies to Tokyo, Commander-in-Chief, Hongkong, Canton, Shanghai, Hankey, Tientsin, Mukden, Chengtu, Yuman and Xanking.
14th June, 1921.
My Lord,
In my telegram Bo.204 of the 20th ultimo I referred
to a rezark made by me, at an interview with Dr. Yen, Minister
for Foreign Affairs, on the subject of Tibet, to the effect that
I thought that the meeting of Parliament, was much more remote
than had been indicated by His Excelleney,
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At the present moment, what are described as "Parliament. ·
ary elections" have been held in the three Hanshurian Provinces,
in Finklang or Chinese Turkestan, and in two provinces of China
Proper, Kiangau and Kansu, In one other province the "primary
slections" have been completed, and these have also taken place
at a few places in the Metropolitan province of Ghihli. In the
remaining proviness mominally subordinate to Paking the opposi-
tion of the provincial military authorities to the holding of "elections" has been so strong that the matter remains in abey -
Endej while there are no signs of any inclination on the part of
the autonomous provinces of Szechuan, Haan, Kusichow and Yunnan,
and still less on the part of independent Kuangtung, to accept
the olive branch offered by the President's Mandate of October
30th last, directing that steps be taken to summon a new Parlia -
ment, which was reported to Your Lordship in Hr. Cliven despatch
No. 785 of November 3rd, 1920.
The reasons for this failure of the Peking dovernment
to secure the sarrying out of its policy in this respect are
| The Right Honourable
The Earl Gurzon of Kedleston, K.G., 0.0.8.I.,
ato.,
etc.,
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