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H.B.M.Consulate General,
Canton.
February 2nd, 1920.
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I have the honour to acknowledge the recoint
of your telegram No.2 of the 30th ultimo, calling,
on behalf of the Secretary of State, for my views
regarding an arrangement made my locumtenens,
whereunder the Government of Hongkong agreed to
contribute certain sums of money for the purpose of
assisting those concerned in the suppression of
piracy in the Canton River Delta, and in reply to
state as follows,
So soon as I returned from leave the arrange-
ment in question came under my notice, and I saw
no reason why the experiment should not be trien,
as, owing to lack of ready money for the purpose
of purchasing coal and supplies, there could be no
prospect of the Chinese effectively cooperating
on land with His Majesty's West River patrol on
the water.
If I read the telegram rightly, the Foreign
Office would appear to be under the impression that
the Hongkong Government grants an unconditional
subsidy to certain Chinese Generals at the rate of
$15.000 per mengen.
Such is not the case there is
only one general
His Majesty's Minister,
Peking.
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Li Fu-lin, at present entrusted
PASTAA