In any further countnication
on this subject, please quote
No. F 1866/927/10.
And address,
but to
not to any person by haine,
"The Cnder-Secrmary of State," Foreign Ofice.
London, S.W. I,
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FOREIGN OFFICE. S.W.1.
8th July, 1922.
sir,
With reference to your letter No. 20132/1922 of the 25th May, I am directed by the Earl of Balfour to transmit herewith, for the information of Mr. Secretary Churchill, printed copies of two despatches from His Majesty's Consul- General at Canton, regarding the recent strike at Hongkong.
2. As regards paragraph 8 of the despatch from the Governor of Hongkong, a copy of which was enclosed in the letter under reference, the latest advices from Chine indicate that Sun Yat-sen ds now a prisoner of Chen Chiung- ming; but the present position of the Southern Government, of which he was the head, is uncertain. The position in Kwang tung has therefore materially altered since the date of Sir R. Stubbs' despatch, and in the circumstances, it is only possible to await further developments. I am, however, to observe that his assumption that it is not possible to bring pressure to bear on the Canton Government through the normal channels because that government are not recognised by His Majesty's Government and that therefore "the only possible argument is foree" is not justified. When assistance has been sought through these channels in the past in sufficient time, it has frequently been possible to take action which though informal has proved effective. Indeed in the present case it appears to have been largely due to diplomatic intervention by His Majesty's Consul-General that the strike was eventually settled.
3.
From the reports received both from Sir R.
Stubbs and from Mr. Jamieson, it however appears that the
he Under Secretary of State,
co-operation/
Colonial Office.