From:
To
Date:-
The Commanding offiser, H.M.8. "BEKEL”.
The Commodore, Hong kong.
[Copy to "taff officer, Intelligence).
27th June 1925.
(contined from peke
to 26th Mne
1925).
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un the 26th June a proclamation was issued
stating that General iiao and venerel Changa MU-CHEI had
taken over dual control of Swatow,
General EIAO is one of General BUWO CHAC-LIF'S
men so this is contrary to the agreement between 150
CH *U 20- CHIH and 10 dB CMAQ=FIN.
Ewatow is believed to favour General Hang •
Further information (believed reliable) states that
General Chang was specially selected for Ɛwatow by Ha
because he is the least Bolshevistic of the available
generals and probably able to get on with hung •
General Li the other Hung General in swater
is supposed to have 3,000 troops in the vicinity. istualiz in Swatow according to the commissiener of Police, there are only 68 troops with Chang and 186 with fiae and A.
2.11 these Generals are believed to be favour-
able to Foreignere, but are quite powerless to interfere with meetings, propaganda, and strikes so long as they
keep "within the Law" a
un the 24th June the British Consal and I called
or
on the new Commissioner of ælise (? Chin fu Hei) with the object of confirming (otherwise) the impressiona
To ware vary received from sur visit to general Chang. well received and the interview was so satisfno+ory an
could be expected.