CO129-438 - Public Offices - 1916 — Page 470

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going on all over the province. The most serious trouble would appear to be in the Heungshan distriot, and I am endeavouring to remove from a place called Shih Ch'i a missionary lady - Dickson - and some Australian women married to Chinese. The Tutu, on representations being made to him, took prompt action and has sent a war vessel from here to bring them away. On the North River too conditions are far from peaceful, and I may have to withdraw British subjects at Ying Te. Still, so far nothing has occurred to lead me to apprehend danger for foreigners notwith- standing the fact that the term "People's Army" (or Hukuo Chun) as it is now styled may be described as a synonym for licensed brigandage.

Even now it is difficult to discover the precise grounds for Jung's sudden volte face. He has publicly stated that the deglaration of independence was precipitated by the despatch of Northern troops, against which he had protested to Peking, and has laid stress on the fact that it was his duty to bow to the will of the people as conveyed to him by innumerable letters, telegrams and deputations. The late Civil Governor, Chang, has also proclaimed that nothing short of such a step could bring about the resignation of the President - e sine qua non if republican principles are to be upheld. I am, however, convinced that the real reason which forced their hands was the threat to bombard Kuan Yin Shan, their headquarters in the North of the city, made by the provincial navy, which has come under the control of a newspaper editor of violently revolutionary proclivities named Hau Oh'in. There were moreover doubts as to the staunchness of the Yunnanese troops, whose bodies were described as being in Kuangtung but their souls in Yunnen.

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