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against the British. We are not opposed to the British
as a people; we are against the Imperialistic policy of the
Baldwin Government
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the policy of gunboats, of military
demonstrations, and of shootings such as Nanking, &c."
With regard to Soviet Russia he said, "We
were, and we are, friendly towards Russia, Russia has
treated China as an equal, and we regard them as our
friends. Our country has been treated as an inferior
nation by all the foreign nations, except Russie, but if
any nations will treat us equally we will also take them
as our friends."
Reuters Correspondent "What is the Canton
Government's attitude towards Mr. Tom Mann?" Mr. Lien's
reply "We did not pay much attention to him.'
Mr. Hall
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"What is your attitude towards
the Canton Gazette?" To this Mr. Lien put the following
question, "What is your attitude towards this paper ?"
No satisfactory answer was made of either question.
Mr. Burnett "How are we, the British, to
show our friendliness to China?" Mr. Lien
www.
"By abolishing
all the unequal treaties, by returning all the concessions and by changing your whole attitude towards the Chinese.
The British hold a superior and Imperialistic attitude."
The meeting than ended, after a full hour's
conversation from 1.15.p.m.
Being the Acting Director of the Political
Department, Mr. Lien Lai stated he was unable to assume
responsibility for anything he had said during the
conference reported above.
Canton, May 10th, 1927.