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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG. 28th. July, 1913.
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In continuation of my Confidential Despatch of the 21st. instant, I have the honour to transmit the enclosed para- | 26278
phrase of a cypher telegram sent to you on the 26th. instant in which I have briefly explained that the declaration of the in- -dependence of Kwangtung was directly prompted by Sun Yat-sen, who found a ready agent to assist him in the person of the ex-Governor- -General Wu Hon-man, formerly Sun's private Secretary. Wu as I have | already reported came to reside here in June after he had been removed from his office. The leading member of the Kwo in Tang referred to in my telegram is lir. Chan Chik-yue who was born in Honolulu and resides generally in lacao. He is a brother of Mr. Chan Kang-yue, Compradore of Messrs. Douglas Lapraik and Company in this Colony, who is likewise a leading member of the Kwo Min Tang. Mr. Chan Chik-yue took a prominent part in the first revolution and enjoys the unenviable notoriety of being the originator of the scheme to finance the Kwangtung Province by means of an unsecured note issue.
I have information from a trustworthy source that Chan Chik-yue attended a meeting of officials at Canton at which the Acting Governor-General was present and at which it was decided to declare independence of President Yuan Shih-kai.
I consider, and my Executive Council agree with
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEVIS HARCOURT, K.P.,
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