SECRET.
Copies to:-
Canton No.44
Peking No.11.
Singapore.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG 15th March, 1929.
Dapto 70. Дир
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Sir,
In continuation to my Secret despatch of
28th February, 1929, I have the honour to inform
you that the political situation in China still
remains obscure and that any estimate of possible
future developments would be little more than guess
work. It seems clear, however, that the expulsion
from Hunan of Lo Tik-ping has precipitated a crisis
which was perhaps inevitable. The threatened
conflict is not merely between one group of Military
Commanders and another, but between provincial
authorities and the Central Government, and on this
ground alone Marshal Chiang Kai-shek as the head of
the National Government would appear to be in a
stronger position than his rivals.
Latest reports
suggest the possibility of a settlement by
compromise, involving the dissolution of the Wuhan
Branch Political Council, the dismissal of the
three persons who were present at the meeting which
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&C.,
&c.,
&C.
authorised