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the Chinese
Cantonese case
wi act otherwise than
as an
extreme intant to the Universities ●
of thedicated opinion in China.
Brent.
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I feel very uneasy about this scheme and
venture to suggest a reply somewhat on the
following iines. Perhaps it would be better to
send it U.0. I feel that something of the kind
ought to reach Hong Kong before Mr. Handyside
starts for England in December.
It is understood from the 1930 correspondence
that the projected history is to be a book for
the general public and not merely a manual for
school use. It is clear, as pointed out by Lord
Pass field, that the British case will have to be
Passfield, t
made clear on the several extremely controversial
questions with which such a book must necessarily
deal. Appearing under the aegis of the Hong Kong
Government it would be regarded as, to some
extent, propaganda work and it will have to stund
the fire of experts in this and other countries,
including China, Whose criticism will not be
modified by any desire to support the British
Government.
in these circumstances it might reasonably
be argued that the book should be prepared by a