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is a Japanese Colonel who has been in Canton and vicinity for some time past. I cannot place Yuen. But I am informed that

a Japanese employed in the Bank of Taiwan in Hongkong is re-

-ferred to. Tang Hang is a well-known rebel for whom the

Police hold a detention warrant with a view to his banishment

from this Colony.

Chu is Chi Tsap-san another rebel at present fighting at and near Kong Mun. Tsú Kan is a rebel banished

from Hongkong and wounded at Dutch Folly.

The first Sham mentioned is probably Sham Wai

Chong, a prominent member of the Society for the expulsion of

President Yuan. The second Sham mentioned is the ex Viceroy

Sham Tsen-huen,

Man Kwan appears in a recently published list

of officials under Sham Tsen-huen as Secretary in the Secretari-

-at.

2.

I have been at very great pains to prevent Chines

in this Colony from mixing themselves in Chinese politics.

With that object I banished Tau Kan and issued warrants against

Chu and Tang; and I have warned General Lung's brother Lung Kan-kwong who escaped hither from Wuchow that if he abuses the

hospitality of this Colony by intriguing with any of the

Political Parties in China I will deport him.

3.

In these circumstances I asked Mr. Imai, Consul General for Japan, who was closely associated with the revolu- -tionary Party in 1911 and who has been as active as his

colleague in Canton in the present rebellion, to call upon me

on the 11th instant. I showed him the copy of his letter, I

told him how it had come into my hands, I explained that de-

-tention warrants were out for Chu and Tang, I said that I had

taken a great deal of trouble to prevent Chinese residents from

dabbling in Chinese politics and I asked him not to send for

Chu and Tang and to refrain while resident in this Colony from

active participation in politics in China.

Mr.