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Enclosure Nol. to Movemen's Confidential th

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RECO REGA 7 JUN 13

Aovemment House

Hnykny.

29 April 1913.

514

Dear Dir Jolm Jordan,

I agree Generally with the views

Axpressed by Jamieson in his private note to you of

the 20th.instint, except as regards the motive of

the proposed ceppalin against iusala, upon which

abject I canot venture an opinion.

At Luo sa le time, though there is no one

personality or political influence at Canton, the

Goverment there is a solid clique of the Kwo Kin T'enp

und de & body has political influence. As far as I

con leun Limy Shih Yi's mission when he oame South

recently, was to find out how far the wo Din T'ang

În a Weng, Durys would support the election of Yuan hih X'ai

Ga Preulgent. It is impossible for me to say wint

conclusion ite arrived at. but I leam from Clr Chenting

lieg uʼheng, who is now resident in Longkong, that

Liary, see tang Shao-yi and that the latter promised to

Do So poking shortly. How Tar fheo-yi is the head of

the T'uy song lai ( now merged in the wo Min T'an; }

and fuar no soubt hoped to gain the support of the

latter cotlety through him. But since T'ang'a promise

the murder of sung has occurred, which has so much

incensed the Awo dân T'ang. As far as can be gathored

from Mory kong serchants of the best class, they and

the mercantile community of Canton are tired of the

Kwo «lu 1'ang Government at Canton who seek not

the

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