CO129-490 - Public Offices - 1925 — Page 214

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rival Chinese company took advantage of the anti-foreign

feeling to obtain a trade advantage.

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I am, howev`r, informed that cigaretten

namfsøtured by British fims are being boycotted by the

chinese in Hofhow, is so far as they can assortain which

are British.

The Chinese general rang Pen-pin, whe centrale

the district has probit prohibited anti-forsign processions

in oihow. He, however, rermits anti-foreign propagandt

to be published in the only local newspaper, in which he

has a controlling influence.

Ceneral "eng't policy is to support the

Central Government, and he has a number of troors, who

are very young and have had little training.

Though previously controlling tinha falend

from the m#inland (Pakhol) he moved his headquarters to

dlung show in garch; it is understood that he feare

attack by "Hea" troops from canton and to prevent ang

such attack on Hainan he has asked the Central Government

to mend him some warships from thanghai so that he could

command the is ins Strait.

It was understood from conversation with him

that the following ships were being sent to him na noon

as "funda pazmitfed" :-

"Hai-ohou ** "Yung chi" "hung Ghim

He has three extemporized gunboats of about

800 tons, one of which was at Heihow during the visit of

"FOXO LOVE".

General "ang is generally unpopular and it

is ramenre: that sens of his officers are unreliable especially in his foross on the mainlɛnd.

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