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Canton No. 107.
Peking No.23.
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HONGKONG. 18th March, 1927.
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Sir,
The proposed meeting of the Seamen's
Union, reported in paragraph 3 of my secret des- patch of the 11th March proved to be part of a
much more widespread movement for celebrating
the second anniversary of the death of Dr. Sun
Yat-sen. A general committee was found to be
organizing a commemorative service on a large
a
scale, part of the programme being a school
holiday. The venue was shifted to the Lee Gar-
dens, a kind of Chinese "Earl's Court", situated
at the eastern end of the town and offering far
better facilities than the theatre for a large
gathering. It would obviously have been highly impolitic to forbid the Chinese of Hong Kong to
pay tribute to the memory of one who has done so
much for China. At the same time I was deter-
mined that the ceremony should not be made the
occasion of further insults to Great Britain
and defiance of the Government of this Colony.
I therefore caused the promoters to be warned
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&c.,
(1:98)
&C.,
&c.
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