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NA SECRET.
32231/13
Junt
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG. 13th. August, 1913.
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Sir,
GM/30416.
In continuation of my Secret Despatch of the
'lat. August, I have the honour to inform you that, from information
supplied by Hr. Combe, His Majesty's Vice-Consul at Canton, it appears that on the morning before Chan Kwing-ming, ex Tutu of Canton, issued his proclamation denouncing President Yuan Shih-kai, he came into Shameen, where he lunched with the Japanese Consul. Mr. Imai, the Japanese Consul-General at Hongkong, was also present at
this luncheon.
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In the course of a private conversation on the 4th. August M. Liébert, the Consul for France in Hongkong, informed Mr. T. H. King, the Assistant Superintendent of Police, that a few days prior to Chan Kwing-ming's Declaration of Independence ten Japanese took up their residence on the French Concession in Shameen. They described themselves as traders. Their arrival excited suspicion and enquiries made by the French Consul in Shameen elicit- -ed the fact that letters were subsequently sent to this house through the post addressed "Major...... " and "Captain.....
in the Japanese Army, (Mr. King was unable to obtain the names). After the declaration, these Japanese removed from Shameen and were subsequently seen in the native city.
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From the same source Mr. King also learned that shortly before the declaration, a large sum of money was paid out to Chan Kwing-ming by the Japanese Bank of Taiwan, Shameen.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, H.P..
&C.,
&o...
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