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Enclosure No.1.
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S. S. "Empress of Russia"
10th May 1928.
T'ang Shao-yi, travelling back from his
native village Tong Ka. Ts'ün to Shanghai, where he
has a house in the Settlement, says to me :-
"Japan's policy is to prevent the reunification of
China, because a strong China would dominate Japan,
whereas Japan can easily dominate a disintegrated China.
He does not expect to see the reunification of
China during this generation.
He expresses great contempt for the present day
leaders in China. Says that Sun Yat-sen's will was
undoubtedly a forgery. That Sun Yat-sen was a man
without administrative ability and that his son Gun Fo
is even less capable and chiefly concerned in feathering his own nest. Expresses theview that the Sung family are a set of clever scamps, especially T.V. Sung. Of
the three sisters, the cleverest is the eldest - married
to K'ung, now in the Nanking Government the other two i.e. the widow of Sun Yat-sen and the new wife of Chiang Kai-shek - are clever and unscrupulous.
Considers that Chi ng Kai-shek will not be able to reach Poking: but attaches little importance to Peking in itself, as being altogether outside the main current of Chinese political life. Expects that the Diplomatic Body will before long have to move elsewhere.
Regards Fêng Yu-hsiang as a man of ability and not such a traitor as most Chinese think. Says that Feng has
been