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18 AUG 1927
QOL.OFFION
HONGKONG.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
14th July, 1927.
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THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
On the 11th July I received a visit from another Cantonese, official in the person of General Li Fuk-lam (*), commonly
known as "the King of Honan" (±- ),
Honan being the large island in the Pearl River, south of Canton City of which it forms a suburb,
comparable to the Surrey side of London.
During the Yunnanese régime at Canton General
Li commanded an independent force of considerable strength, based on this island, and in cooperation
with the British Naval forces in the Pearl and West River delta organized a very successful campaign for the suppression of piracy and brigan-
dage. When the Munnanese commanders were ejected
by the present Nationalist Government in the
middle of 1925, General Li threw in his lot with
the victors and was able for a time to maintain
his position as an independent commander. He was, however, under suspicion, not without good reason, for he and General Ngai Pong-p'eng (4) were constantly named together by members of the Chan Kwing-ming) clique as the
possible
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.