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the new Chief of Police on October 19th effectively
prevented any outbreak and the 24th October passed
without incident.
2.
Meanwhile, the happy isolation which Canton had enjoyed for some months past was broken by an
influx of politicians generally of an extremist type
following in the wake of Cheung Fat-fui. Chan Kung-
pok, Chan Fu-muk, Kom Nai-kwong, Ho Heung-ying (the
widow of Liu Chung-hoi) and Tsui Tin-sham made their way to Canton and were given seats on the Reorganiza- - tion Committee of the Provincial Kuomintang. Finally,
October, 27th Wong Tsing-wai who had failed in his
attempts to reconcile the conflicting elements at
on
Nanking and Hankow made his appearance in Hong Kong.
Before his departure for Canton on the 28th October,
Wong had an interview with the acting Colonial
Enclo. No. 1 Secretary, a report of which is attached. A few days
later T.V. Soong, the former Minister of Finance,
accompanied by H.H. Kung and Tong Hoi-on, formerly
Chairman of the Hankow British Concession, passed
through Hong Kong on their way to Canton.
3. The arrival of Wong Tsing-wai again raised the hopes of the extremists. On November. 1st a large
body of men surrounded his house calling on him to
demand on their behalf the release of the prisoners of April 15th. When he declined to interfere and referred them to the Government they refused to disperse until scattered by the police who arrested
some twenty persons. On November 3rd a public
reception was held,at which Wong spoke on his proposal to call a joint conference of the Kuomintang at
Canton
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