CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9] — Page 92

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Referring to your telegram of yesterday, see my telegram of 2nd instant. gram received from the Governor of the Straits to-day says that Sun Yat Sen, with an Englishman and four Japanese embarked for Hong Kong, bringing 27,000 dollars. Li Hung-chang has entered into communication with Sun Yat Sen, with a view to a junction with the Reform party. He has invited him to Canton, and proposes to arm the Reformers if they will join him in (F) securing peace; he is quite prepared to adopt moderate reform. He wishes them in ease the Emperor is alive to undertake to march with him to Peking if desired; this they demur at. Emperor is dead he would be prepared to declare the Two Kwangs a separate Govern- Sun Yat Sen is not prepared to go to Canton ment. This is my latest information. without a substantial guarantee, possibly the deposition of a large sum of money, possibly I may send Delegates to Hong Kong to meet and try to effect an arrange- ment with the Reformers. He and the Governor of Canton issued a Proclama- tion, copied in the Chinese newspapers of the 12th instant, warning people disturbance between Christians and non-Christians that any one creating a

If Li comes to will be beheaded. The Japanese are very active all over China. terms with the Reformers there will be peace in the South; but whatever the Reformers' principles are, I am afraid any great disturbance may resolve itself into At present I can only keep a close watch on events. an anti-foreign movement.

Sun has been banished from Hong Kong, but if he comes back in retire- ment, for the purpose of arranging with Li, it is better that he should not be interfered with.

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