Establishing himself at Canton, and that the Corporation is prepared to furnish the $2,000,000 required. Mr. Liang ib-yi was also in favour of the undertaking, but added that nothing could be effected without allowing a margin of free money for the Canton Government of the moment. This last remark represents, I think, the crux of the situation. Sun Yat-sen, of course, is in desperate need of funds, and can probably be induced to do almost anything in return for an immediate cash advance. The matter appears, therefore, to depend on whether we are or are not prepared in the present case to depart from our policy of abstaining from giving financial assistance to any of the contending factions in China.
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