CO129-431 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [1-2] — Page 232

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now entirely opposed to the revival of the Monarchical regime.

I have so far received no confirmation of these

reports from Canton and would like to treat them with some re-

-serve for the moment as they conflict with nearly all the pre-

-vious reports on the situation and are probably intended to

reflect merely the state of Chinese public opinion in the Colony. As regards Lung Chi-kwong, however, it may be observed that his position is an extrmely difficult one, especially for a Chinese.

He is a Yunnan man whose family lives in that province and it is.

quite omosivable that the revolutionaries might, by the detention

of ill-treatment of his family, bring pressure to bear upon him

which would seriously affect his allegiance to Turn Shih-kai.

A telegram from His Majesty's Consul-General at Yunnan Fu, also received today, tends to discount the gravity of the Hongkong message. Mr. Goffe states that the leaders of the movement are begiming to realise the difficulties with whim they are confronted. Except amongst interested persons there is no enthusiasm and public opinion is either hostile or indifferent: there is a shortage of awmitions, a scarcity of recruits and & great lack of communication.

Mr. Goffe adds that he has continued to impress upon them the hopeles mess of their enterprise but that they still have hopes of gaining the adhesion of some other provinces, and talk vaguely of awaiting the result of one or two encounters with

the Government troops.

In the sœurse absence of expert advice, I have not attempted in this despatch to describe the military arrangements which are being made to cope with the rebellion. Generally speak- -ing, they seem to be on an adequate scale to effect the object in view, but the remoteness of the disaffected province and the absence of all ordinary means of wir communication impose upon this weak Government a task which may well tax its powers severely Yunnan has been a favourite scene for rebellious movements in the past and has succeeded in maintaining an independent existence

of several years on more than ones occasion in the course of

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