CO129-481 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1923 [8-12] — Page 521

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Enclosure No. 8.

H. B. M. Consulate-General,

Cantdir, December 13th, 1923.

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Dear Sir Edward,

I would wish to make the following observations on

Dr. Sun's letter to you of December 4th of which you were good enough to send me a copy.

1.

I will cemment on the points in his letter seriatim.

It is untrue to say that the Diplomatic Body ignored

his request. He was informed that they were considering it but before deciding wished to await the return of Sir F. Aglen - early in November. The question was then immediately taken up

again.

2. It is doubtful whether with diminished trade and falling exchange there now be many millions of Customs surplus us was the case in 1919.

3. of Kuangtung's Customhouses he does not at present control Swatow, Hoihow nor Pakhoi and he certainly controls no

others in the South.

He accuses Peking of using surplus revenue to fight him. Should he obtain any surplus revenue he will use it to fight them or to pay his recently enlisted hordes. This was openly admitted to me by 0. C. Wu. All projects of internal reform have now gone by the board.

5. By approved banks he presumably means native bank, and with the Gabelle precedent before us, we all know what that implies: all cash will be withdrawn the moment it is paid in or loans floated with such revenues as security.

6. An assertion of sovereignty on the part of one who controls a single city and its suburbs, but cannot collect taxes rightly his due elsewhere in territory, nominally under his

rule, is ridiculous.

His Excellency

Sir Edward Stubbs, K.C.M.G.

"Hongkong.

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