CO129-431 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [1-2] — Page 230

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purposes of the rebellion and Sir R. Dane made similar arrangement:

with regard to the Salt receipts. In the latter case, the bargain

was that the prevines would receive its usual monthly subsidy from

this source so long as it respected the recognized claims of the

Central Government,

To prevent any misconception on the part of the

revolutionaries and correct the impression which they had apparent

-ly formed on the subject of foreign interference, I considered it

desirable to instruct Mr. Goffe, who was in close touch with the

leaders of the movement, to warn then they were embarking on a

foolish enterprise and that they need expect no support or sympa-

-thy from w us or my other foreign Power. I also gave Mr. Goffe to understand that I would welcome any opportunity of arranging

a settlement and I thought that this message might perhaps have some weight with Tsai Ao with whom I have had social relations in Peking. To give it more force, Mr. Goffe was authorised to com- -manicate to the revolutionary leaders the substance of telegrame

received from the consular officers in the adjoining provinces

which went to show that their appeal to them had fallen on deaf eare and that the co-operation on which they had relied was not likely to be forthcoming. Tesi Ao and Li Lieh-chun, however, are past masters in the arts of revolution and were not amenable to advice from any quarter. On the last day of the year the two Governors of the province, acting under the pressure of their influence, notified His Majesty's Consul-General that Yunnan had declared its independence of the Central Government. They were good enough to add that they would respect existing Treaties and formally asked that His Majesty's Government and the Government of Burma should be notified of the step they had taken.

This notification was ignored and His Majesty'a Consul-General was instructed to maintain informal relations with any de facto Government with a view to the protection of British subjects and to keeping in touch with the situation generally, but he was warned carefully to avoid any action which might be constru -ed as implying recognition of the change of regime.