CONFIDENTIAL
Enclosure No.
No 11.
136
Information given by lir. Luk Wan-chau to Sir Shouson Chow and r. R.H. Kotewall on 19.10.27.
I have just returned from Canton where I saw General Li
Chai-sum and Kr. Fung Tsuk-man. 1 duly conveyed to General
Li His Excellency the Governor's remarks and sentiments, par- ticularly his remarks on the necessity for ridding Bias Bay
of pirates. General Li said that he would do his best as soon as he could. He has already begun the work of cleansing the
villages in the neighbourhood of robbers. He consented to the
formation of a branch of the Military Council in Canton so as to fall in line with what was done in Nanking, and also to placate the Chang fat-fui section. General Li is himself chairman of this branch Military Council. At present he gives in as much as he can to Chang Fat-fui because if he were to fight
now, the people would put all the guilt on him for wrecking the Kuomin- tang Party. His present action, or inaction, might be taken as want of courage, but at any rate there is a purpose behind it.
Of the Political Committee under Chang Fat-fui some members are tainted with Bolshevism. They came from Hankow. Some of the subordinates of ip Ting and Lo Lung had an understanding with the subordinates of Chang Fat-fui. When Ip and lo got de- feated, Chang's position in Canton became considerably weakened.
Jong Ching-wei, who had been working so hard for his retum to Kwongtung, does not seem now as keen as before, owing to the change of circumstance. If Wong returns, there will certainly
be a fight.
The reason why Li Chai-sum did not want to fight Chang Fat- fui at the time was that he did not wish to bring more suffering to the province which had already enough troubles, particularly when the Chinese New Year was approaching. He has resolved to be patient. He would sacrifice a little of his principle tempor
arily