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Canton.
The answer is that he either believes, or pretende
to believe in order that he may have a better excuse for turning on Great Britain first, that Great Britain is
his proporzia primarily responsible for the opposition to
at Canton was taking the and that H.M's Consul General leading part in arrenging for the international demonstra- tion. Whether he really believes this or not, I do not know but that was his attitude and he has re-iterated the state- ment in his telegram to Mr.Ramsay Macdonald which you have
doubtlere seen.
If I had not telegraphed his viers, they would not have been submitted to H.H's Government, Was it not righ that H.M's Government should hear his side of the question? Lord Curzon is wrong in supposing that I offered myself as an intermediary. He is wrong also in supposing that Sun has been encouraged to expect help from. Hong Kong. I made it perfectly clear to Sun that I have nothing to do
So far from anything that with matters of Chinese politics.
I have said or done having led to his "defiance of the Powere going the length that it has", I am convinced that my consenting to serve as a channel of communication haF
operated