CO129-486 - Public Offices - 1924 — Page 380

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Jadid bezelfmain sto23 mucovado ki yazano ab «passað Kori al "val" 18.a cyras odź dads bonoggien x2 #2

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(6898/84)

pufidential.

British Legatiom,

377

sir.

Faking.

Beptember 6th, 1984.

Mori boʻtangas sabiki wen badili mosMEN GAZ

«VIČIENDA SHˇ quss yď SXön kuin yameEO)

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„Tobmeð sá (hem18)

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„Laressed Luiseð

With reference

my telegram No.845 of

September 5th I have the boneur de transmit to you horewith copy of a despatch of the 21st ultims which I have received from Kis Majesty's Consul-General, Canton, containing an interesting review of the ciremmatanees attending the shipment of arms to that sity by the Norvegian steamship "BAY". It would be wall that I should høre resall the fast that Moruny is not a party to the China Azme Mabargo Agreement.

The vessel arrived in Canton from Belgium o2 the 20th sitimo with a large supply of arma consigned by Alfred Bleymiller of Antwerp to the German firm of Sender #ieler, Canton, who were acting on behalf of

This corps appears

Canton Merekant Volunteers.

to have been originally formed for the mintonen og of order in Canton, but it is clear from ir. Giles' despatch that the membɛra of this organisation had become disgusted with their treatment at the hands of Docter Sun Yat-sen and his satellites and with the abuses of his régime and that the Commandant, one Clana Zim-pok, Compradore of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, evidently intended to secure the sons for his Corps with a view to overthrowing the present Canton adeinistration and freeing the sity of the Younanese troops and other hired mercenaries.

Right Homura ble

James Ramsay MacDonald, Pic....

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FORELS OFFICE.

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