CO129-494 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [9-10] — Page 290

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embargo in favour of den

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Chuan Pang and his allies and analating the

with the supply of war material. Would not

that amount to intervention on the side of

faction whờng muertas in by'no means asuured?

If sun were to fail would not our position be

infinitely wOYECT

With the constant shifting

of Wider of Chinese Var Leyds might not th

juanded of such a admitment become az

seedingly embarrassing not

any dangerous?

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still recommend

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a course to consider the

"mivinability of isoning some kind of general

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warning to the effect that we shall resist any

attempt from any quarter to apply Canton

tacting to our legitimate trade interests in

the Yangtue and elsewhere in China, in the sANO

way as we are doing at Canton, but we cannot

agree to give such an assurance specifically

or personally to Sun Chuan Pang ar any other

individual Chinese lesder.

Please review the situation and telegraph

your views in the light of the above considera-

tions.

warning