CO129-482 - Public Offices - 1923 — Page 192

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Visspatch No. 205 of 24th ultimo), and that under the

ircumstances it appeared useless for me to approach

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he Central Government with a viow to obtaining their

junction for any loan to Sun Yat-sen carrying a margin

free money nominally for land purchase but in reality

to th 1180 of himself and his administration,

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Prog'ming therefore that "is Majesty's

}vernment have no intention of denarting from their

olicy in the matter of granting financial assistance

the varbus contending factions in China, I fear

ere is small prospect of our being able to take

kvertage of Dr. Sun's change of heart in connection

ith the loop line, unless andunt 11 he definitely

bostablishes himself at Sant on and comes to some

fort of terms with theCentral Government, At present

11 ndvice" from the South tend to show that ha 18

pt likely to be successful inmaintaining himself

1 Canton, and, all other considerations apart, it

inpears as inadvisable fromaa purely material point

of view to afford him any financial assistance as it

us to grant such assistance to Ch'en Chiung-ming

Ten the latter was in such dire financial strait e

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