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to time as a base for political intrigue, but the Canton Government managed somehow without raising the general question. Its methods, of course, in- cluded the most unscrupulous and nefarious plots,
such as the constant demands for extradition of
important people under carefully prepared and sup- ported criminal charges, and the murder of the
Gage Street schoolmaster, Mr. Yeung Kui-wan, by
emissaries of the Cantonese Government in January,
1901:
3. After 1911 there was at first no very
definite policy. The idea that British ground was
sanctuary prevailed generally, but important Chinese
political personages were occasionally asked to move
on and helped to do so, as for example Cheung Meng-k'e (BER), the last Viceroy of the Liang Kuang (張鳴岐
provinces under the Empire, Sham Ch'un-hun
* ),
who had also at one time been Viceroy at Canton, and
even Dr. Sun Yat-sen. Such action was, however, spas- modic and taken only in very special cases.
4. At last, in 1922, a definite policy was
laid down. On the 16th November, 1922, the Wai-chiao-
pu wrote to His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at Peking that the Chinese Government was in receipt of the following report:- "At present there are large numbers of disaffected persons assembled together at Hong Kong, each band with its own organization and carrying on
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secret agitation. The remnants of Hsu Shu-cheng's party fled to Hong Kong after the failure of their enterprise in Fukien and have banded themselves to- gether there in council. The Hong Kong Government must regard with disfavour such disturbances on account of the detriment involved with regard to the
maintenance
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