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to antagonize a powerful neighbour, and were actuated by motives
similar to those which had in the case of Great Britain and the
Soviet Government, already resulted in a limited form of
agreement.
Mr. Ch'en had been present at the dinner given by Dr.Sun
to Monsieur Joffe on the 18th instant; the latter had spoken of
the condition imposed by the British Authorities on his proposed
visit to Hongkong which he had characterised as "an insult" and had added that as soon as the Japanese had heard of it an
invitation to visit Japan had been given to him through the
medium of the Russo-Japanese Association and Baron Goto.
Monsieur Joffe had asked Dr. Sun for permission to visit
Canton, to which Dr. Sun had replied that he was not yet in a
position to give a definite answer.
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When I asked Mr. Ch'en why, if Dr. Bun were really working
for reunification, his agents were still recruiting men in Shanghai for service in Pukien and why, after the local military
authorities at the request of the local Fukienese merchants had
stopped one shipment of 500 on the 10th, these were allowed to
proceed on the following day Mr. Ch'en professed ignorance but stated that General Lu Yung-hsiang of Cheklang was now beseeching Dr. Sun not to withdraw his Cantonese troops from Fukien on the ground that wu Fei-fu was concentrating forces in Klangal in order to attempt the recovery of both Fukien and
Cheklang for the North.
This statement is corroborated by information recently
received from other sources to the effect that munitions from
abroad have been landed in Haimen Bay on the Chekiang coast and that important troop movements are taking place in south- western Chekiang towards the Klan si border.
My impression is that Dr. Sun is not entirely confident of his ability to reestablish his old position in Canton and
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