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with General Li before assuming office in Canton. The three
most important matters that they had to settle were (1) the
working of a proclamation outlining the policy of the Canton
Government; (2) the attitude towards Nanking; and (3) the sit-
uation created by Ip Ting and Ho Lung in Swatow.
General Li and Mr. Fung Tsuk-man do not like some of the
so-called "news", published in the "South China Morning Post",
which They are purported to have been supplied by the newspaper's
special correspondent in Canton.
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General Li and Mr. Fung su«-
pect that the "news" have been supplied by someone in Hongkong.
The Canton Government are now looking for this alleged corres-
pondent in Canton; and if they get him they will deal with him
severely, no matter what his nationality is. They think that
the "news" is manufactured by Bolshevists and disappointed ex-
Government officials.
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The new Foreign Commissioner in Canton Chan Cheung-lok
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is
was educated at Honolulu, believed to be a Ph. D. of an American
He was appointed by General Li
University, and is a moderate.
to succeed Wei Yuk,who has gone to Shanghai. Wei Yuk, when he
was Foreign Commissioner, was rather liked by the people. He,
too, is a moderate. When asked by Mr. Luk why he took charge
of the Propaganda Bureau when Chiang Kai-shek and Borodin were
in Canton, he said that he had to obey orders, and that he was
obeying the orders of Chiang Kai-shek, and not Borodin.
General Li is anxious that the relations between Hongkong
and Canton should greatly improve. He will go on with his
efforts to this end. There are some irresponsible people in
Hongkong who of late have been going up to Canton frequently
to interview various Government officials, ostensibly for bring-
ing about a reconciliation between the two places. These men
will do more harm than good. They are generally busy-bodies
and are apparently working for their self-interest. The officia