Mr. Consul-General Jamieson to H.M.Minister, Peking.
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No. 19
JOPY.
201ZYDENTIAL.
Japies to Bongkong, Thanghai & koy.
31r.
British Consulate-General,
Canton.
Marah 7th.
1923.
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In my despatch No. 18 of February 2and I had the bonour
to report that Sun Yat sen on his return to fanton manifested
a desire to get into alosær touch with mo. I accordingly
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a few days afterwards invited him to come and have tea with
This invitation he was at the time urable to mocnyt
but yesterday accompanied by Mr. R. Norman he paid me a visit
which lasted an hour and a half.
It having been intimatet to me beforehami that he was
anxious to ascertain my viea on, and to diamuns with me, the
situation in South Thina, I decided that 15 would be well to
make a preliminary attempt to clear the ground by an endeavour to remove from his mind misapprehensions with regard to our-
selves under which he is known to labour. Aftar expressing gratification that he should havo nome down from hanghai to diamtangle the present somewhat complicated state of affairs, I therefore openal the conversatior by a frank exposition of the attitude which I personally and British subjects generally
had hitherto taken up towards him. I stated that 37 yeaPA'
service in various provinces of Thins and a high estoon sad
regard for its inhabitata acquired in the course of such
service had rendered no equally with hisself a friend of the
country and one mest solicitous for ita fušumą maldoma and
prosperity.
There, however, I and others ventured to air-
fer from his was in the methods employed for the attainment
is Majesty's Hinister,
of
British Legation,
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