CO129-493 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [6-8] — Page 17

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13 JUL 1926

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 7th June, 1926.

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Sir,

In connection with the present state of

affairs in Canton on which I have addressed you in various

despatches, I have the honour to enclose for your

information copy of a despatch dated 24th May, 1926, from

Mr. J. F. Brenan, His Majesty's Acting Consul-General,

Canton, to His Majesty's Minister, Peking, copy of which

was sent to me.

2.

Lieutenant Colonel L'Estrange Malone claims

to be the Peking Correspondent of the Daily Herald (London)

and an ex-Member of Parliament for East Leyton. I was

advised by His Majesty's Consul-General, Shanghai, that Colonel Malone had visited Peking and Shanghai and that

at the latter place he had been in close touch with local

labour unions and the local Kuo-min-tang. Colonel Malone

arrived in Hong Kong on the 14th May and left for Canton

on the 15th May. He returned to Hong Kong on the 23rd May

and left ostensibly for England on 27th May.

3.

Mr. Brenan's despatch gives an account of

Colonel Malone's activities in Canton. Colonel Malone

called upon the Colonial Secretary in Hong Kong but the

interview added little, if anything, to the information

already conveyed in Mr. Brenan's despatch. During his

stay in Hong Kong Colonel Malone's conduct was discreet

and unobjectionable.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

&C..

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,

&C..

&c.

4.

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