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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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14. Governor C. Clementi,
Secret
May 24 (Received June 27)
Sets out the circumstances following upon the firing upon the s.s. Lungshan on 16th May by Chinese soldiers in uniform and the action taken to secure compensation and an apology. Gives the gist of a meeting at Govern- ment House at which retalia- tive action was discussed with failing compliance British demands within 24 hours. Owing to differences of opinion as to the import- ance of the affair a further conference was called which of recommended capture Bogue Forts and Dane Island defences or bombing of bar- racks by British aircraft. Reports the closing of the incident by Chinese compli- ance with British demands. Indicates the difficulty of obtaining prompt and effec- tive action under similar circumstances and recom- mends that in cases of outrage in Kwang-tung the Consul General at Canton, the
Governor of Hong Kong, the General Officer Commanding Forces at Hong Kong, and the Senior Naval Officer should be authorised to de- cide the retaliatory measures considered necessary...
15. Governor C. Clementi,
Secret
June 1- (Received July 6)
circum- Reports upon the
stances which necessitated the proscription of the Hong Kong branch of the Chinese Seamen's Union
18, Governor C. Clementi,
Secret
June 9 (Received July 11)
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1. Governor C. Clementi,
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19. Governor C. Clementi,
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A. Governor C. Clementi,
Secret (Extract)
21. Governor C. Clementi,
Secret
Comments upon the efforts of the Nationalist Party to lower British prestige in China, including regulations issued by Canton Political Council governing labour disputes, and reports upon an attack upon the s.s. Kin- shan, and resumption of ex- press traffic on Kowloon- Canton Railway. Encloses press extracts containing manifestoes issued by mili- tary leaders in North China 64
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June 30 (Received August 4)
July 7 (Received August 9)
July 14 (Received August 18)
July 29 (Received August 31)
August 10 (Received September 16)
Encloses note of conversation with the Secretary of Kwang- tung Provincial Political Council and the Provincial Commissioner for Foreign Affairs regarding control of the Hong Kong Office of the Chinese telegraph adminis tration and reports upon the resumption of picketing by the Seamen's Union, the formation of a local seamen's society, assumption of the title of "Generalissimo" by Marshal Chang Tso-lin, the auti-foreign tone of press articles by Mr. Ng Tsz-fai. Encloses press extracts on the military situation and action taken by Japan for protection of her nationals... €9 Reports upon the termination of picketing by the Seamen's Union by the complete surrender of the Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company Limited, to the Union's demands, and upon a strike by the European officers of the China Naviga- tion Company...
Reports upon a visit of General Li Fuk-lam to Hong Kong, increased demands by the Seamen's Union upon the Hong Kong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Company as a result of surrender, and a proposed boycott of Japanese and British goods by extremists ... Reports upon the proposed dismissal of Union crews by the river-steamer companies in an effort to stop picketing by the Seamen's Union Reports upon acts of piracy aimed at officials of the Canton, Government of attempted protests against new forms of taxation(includ- ing stamp duty (the surrender of the British river steamer companies to the Seamen's Union (enclosing an agree- ment reached between the companies and the Union for future engagement of crews), desecration of the British cemetery at Pakhoj by labour hooligans
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