CO129-403 - Governor Sir May Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1913 [8-10] — Page 8

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

No- CONFIDENTIAL.

Дире

Sir,

28565

Mar 25 00 13

7

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 6th. August, 1913.

In continuation of my Confidential Despatch of

yet receive st

the 26th. ultimo and with reference to my Secret Despatches of the let. and 2nd. instant, I have the honour to inform you that on

his arrival in Canton Tsun Chuan-hsun occupied himself by endeavour- -ing to stir up feeling in the Province against Tuan and to aliena DE General Lung Chai-kwong end the Governor-Generel of Kuan si fro... allegiance to the President. He seems to have met with less success than he anticipated.

un the 1st. instant information was received here that General Lung Chai-kwong had advanced from Wuchow, where he has been awaiting developments for several months with a force of about 4,000 men, to Shiu Hing, the ancient capital of the Kwan, - -tung Province. The same night it was reported by radiotelegraphy from one of His Lajesty's Ships at Canton that Sam Shui and Sainan hed been occupied by General Lung's troops. But on the 3rd. instant reports were received from Commenders of His Majesty's Gunboats weer Canton that Lung's troops had taken up a position at Sha Ho about 1: miles above Sem Shui and that the latter place was strongly held by revolutionary troops. There had been very heavy rain since the end of July which sealed to have stopped hostilities between the opposing forces. During these days an enormous unflux into the

Colony of Chinese from Canton to k place. It is estimated that since the declaration of independence about 40,000 people have taken

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

refuse

LE IS HARCOURT, k...

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