CO129-477 - Public Offices - 1922 — Page 195

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One Enclosure

Chinese Enclosure No.3.

No.28.

and 4 copies.

copies to Chungking

and Taohienlu,

(† 563/563/10)

sir.

chengtu,

195

November 21st, 1931.

I have the honour to transmit, herewith,

the original, a copy and translation of a Chinese

letter I received on November 14th through the post.

I have delayed forwarding this letter as

I wanted to interview General Liu Yu-chiu, and to

make other enquiries before bringing the matter to

your notice.

With the assistance of Mr Hutson, of the

China Inland Miesion, who has been in the Province

twenty seven years, I have ascertained that the

T'ung I Hul is a Soolety to encourage the revival

of Buddhism: their members include a Japanese

subject, they are anti-forsign and their principal

place of meeting is in a street adjoining this

donsulate General.

Their intentions as stated in the letter

must be known outside, as their threat to assassinate

all Britons has been discussed in tea shops,

•

Further a former employee of the British American

Tobanoo Company, very well know to me

a keen adherent of Buddhism called here and warned

my head messenger that the leaders of the society

had

Sir Beilby Alston, K.C.M........., G.B....

eto..

eto..

Peking.

etc..

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