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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG. 14th. August, 1913.
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In continuation of my Confidenti al Despatch of the 7th. August, I have the honour to confirm my telegram of the 2739 8th. August which was as follows:
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For your information: the political position in Canton is
still in a state of flux. The Governor Generalship has
been resigned by the Commandant who held it and he is
followed by another Military Officer. This officer is
disloyal to Yuan and hostile to Lung who has not yet
moved forward. There is danger of rioting in Canton, some
conflicts between rival sections of the troops have taken
place. Shamien has been strengthened by 200 more Punjabi
soldiers.
2. General Su, the officer commanding the 2nd.
division of the troops, was elected Acting Tu Tu by the Provisional
Assembly but after 48 hours he vacated the post and Brigadier Chang
Wo-chuan commanding the 5th. Brigade of Artillery got himself
elected Tutu on the 7th. August. The mutiny against the Governor-
-General Chan Kwing-ming to which I alluded in my cypher telegram
of the 5th. instant and my Confidential Despatch of the following day was engineered by Huang Shih-lung, acting in the interest of President Yuan. Huang himself spent some days in this Colony and reached Canton on the 9th. August and assumed the office of Commander-in-Chief with a view to arranging the peaceful
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEVIS HARCOURT, M.P.
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