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Sir,
HONGKONG.
RECEIVED 157 AUG 1927
OFFICE
7.73
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
29th July, 1927.
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8.1 OCT
Outwardly little of importance has
occurred at Canton since my secret despatch of
the 14th July. But a number of indications
suggest the approach of a serious change in the political weather. The most important of these is an attempt, on the 25th July, to murder General
Li Chai-sum by means of a bomb. Beyond the fact
that General Li's government feels anything but
secure in its hold on Kuangtung and Kuangsi all
is guesswork; but the following conjecture as to
the currents converging in Canton may be hazarded.
General Li Chai-sum is a Kuanghsi man and would
like to see the Liang Kuang provinces governed by
natives of that territory to the exclusion of the
non-Cantonese element represented by Marshal Tseung
Kai-shek and his subordinates. Chief among the
latter are General Ts'in Tai-kwan, who is commanding
the new Northern expedition from Canton against the
Hankow forces in Hunan and Kiangsi and General Wu Him,
who holds Wai-chow on the East River and was respon-
sible for the recent anti-British outburst there
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
over the