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address no further communication to Comrade Eugene
Ch'èn regarding the Nanking outrages and to demand no reparations therefor has been received here with
feelings akin to despair; for, unless steps are
taken to restore and to maintain British prestige
in China, the future can only have further humilia-
tions and losses in store for British subjects in
the Far East. Even Canton, fresh from the violent
suppression of extremism, is none the less loud in
its demands for the expulsion of the foreigner. At
a mass meeting held on the 7th May resolutions were
passed that China should demand:-
(1) Restoration by France of Kwong Chow Wan.
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(2) Restoration by Japan of Port Arthur and Talienwan (3) Restoration by the Powers concerned of the
Shanghai International Settlement.
Those present at the meeting were government officials,
party and military leaders, and representatives of over
a hundred public organizations and schools, in addition
to a big gathering of all sections of the people,
peasnats and labourers, merchants, students and professors
police and soldiers, totalling about 20,000. I have
addressed you separately in a despatch dated the 12th May
on the first of these demands.
Em
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
Governor, &c.