CO129-388 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1912 [1-2] — Page 63

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Mr. Frank Li, one of the secretaries at the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, called here yesterday and received for transmission to the Tu Tu the message contained in Your Excellency's despatch No. 87 of the 11th. instant.

Mr. Li will bring a reply in the course of the next few days. Meanwhile he wished to explain that some little time ago the Tu Tu wrote to the Chinese Press Association in Hongkong, deprecating rowdyism and strikes. He informed them that hooliganism did not help the revolutionary cause and that they should use all their influence to assist the Government in maintaining order. The press was the right hand of Government and Government would be weakened unless the print- -ers then on strike were induced to return to work. Mr. Li was sure that the Tu Tu would do his best to comply with Your Excellency's request to prevent, as far as possible, the further influx of bad characters into the Colony.

The following items of information, readily given by Mr. Li, may be of interest. My own comments thereon are in brackets. 1. Condition of the Three Rivers:

The Warchow district on the East River is rather disturbed: the troops there fight among themselves on the slightest pretext. The North River is fairly quiet: an additional force of 1,000 troops has been despatched to Ch'ing Yuan and Ying Tak.

The West River is not considered safe by merchants in Wuchow, who are holding back rice, fuel and oil, partly because very little is coming down from Nanning and they anticipate a scarcity locally, and partly because they fear piracy between Wuchow and Canton. (An armed motor boat in the com.and of a naval officer leaves Wuchow tomorrow morning for Nanning to bring down lady missionaries and any others who may choose to avail themselves of the opportunity).

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