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Sir J. Macleay to Lord Curzon.
(R. 9.0.pm.)
Peking,
May 28th, 1922,
(11.55.p.m.)
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British Advisers for the Kwang-Tung administration.
Personally, I feel strongly that our right course is
not to accede to Sun Yat Sen's request, and thereby preserve
The situation is one of
our policy of friendly neutrality. open war between this leader and the Central Government, and it appears to me that, in the circumstances, a loan of officials would be a definite departure from our present policy of non-intervention in the quarrels of the different military leaders. In the eyes of the Central Government it would have the appearance of an expression of support and Public opinion as sympathy amounting almost to recognition.
a whole would endorse this view, and others, too, might be led to question our motives, in particular the Americans, who watch our activities in the province of Canton with a
jealous eye.
His policy
Sun Yat Sen's record does not appeal to me. is a selfish one and it is clear that he will only work for unity provided that, when that is achieved, he himself will be accepted as leader and allowed to impose his own political ideals, which are far from agreeing with the views of the Chinese nation as a whole, though they apparently commend themselves to a certain section of opinion in the South, to
to labour, and to Chinese the young China extremists,
nationals abroad.
Although his position has recently become stronger, it
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