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announced to those to receive visitors that a representative
of the Hong Kong Daily Press was calling. Since it was known
in advance among many members of the Department that some Hong Kong newspapermen would be calling, the Correspondent was admitted without any delay; and many were surprised to
find that a Chinese instead of a British was introduced, and he was especially made welcome and perhaps, this fact had saved him from the embarrassment he expected after the impression he got from the Consul General.
The Correspondent was met by the acting Director of the Political Department of the General Headquarters in Canton, Mr. Lai Lien, who has supervision over the propaganda bureau of the Military Authorities for the time being. This Department, while supposed to have supervision over the propaganda bureau, I later discovered, does not have all the say in practice; and in the absence of Mr. Tseng, who himself is believed to be more friendly towards foreigners, or we may say less anti-British, there was doubt among friends of
the Correspondent that the Department would be able to arrange anything acceptable to all cliques and interests still under- mining the influence of one another in Canton.
Mr. Lai Lien himself, and later Mr. Hsu also, were
very courteous towards the Correspondent, and we had a talk of possible better understanding between the Kuomintang and the Daily Press, provided that the former would feel free to write the latter on matters which might have been misinformed or would likely to be misunderstood by persons unlikely to know all ins and outs in Canton, the actual conditions of which often puzzle the Correspondent himself who is a Chinese, not mentioning those who may be foreigners and perhaps who
have