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any overt move in opposition to Sun Yat-sen, and I was given to understand that the move was connected with the general

scheme for peaceful unification, In reply I explained that,

while I was entirely aympathetic towards, and desirous of

doing anything I could to promote the unification plans of

General fu or anyone else, I could only take action in a

matter of this kind at the request of the Central Goverment

and that, if approached in the proper way by the ai Chiao Fu,

I could only see my way to telegraphing the request to the

Governor of Hongkong for His Excellency's consideration on

receipt of explicit written guarantees that the ships would

obey the orders of the Central Goverment and sail North

immediately after their rofit and would not engage in any

hostilities in the South; while I further gave it to be

understood that the attitude of the de facto authorities of

Canton towardo the matter would also have to be taken into

consideration.

After Boma delat the requisite guarantees

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were furnished to me by the Wai Chino Fu, a few days ago, and

I have accordingly telegraphed the request to the Governor of

Hongkong. I had previously furnished His Excellency with my

views on the matter, namely, that while it remained as in

1919 (see Sir John Jordan's despatch No. 283 of June 18th

1919) most undesirable that the venaels of rival warring

factions in China should be permitted to make use of Hongkong as a refuge or a base, it did not appear, provided that hostilities had not broken out and subject to the guarante a above mentioned and to no serious objections being raised by the Canton authorities, that the granting of the facilition requested would be a departure from our voliay of strict neutrality towards china's internal affair,

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