CO129-495 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [11-12] — Page 137

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representative informed me that their stock of wumanitian was none too much: in fact he dudeavoured to enlist my aid in getting mare, as well as in the release of certain field gime now on order in Germany, the despatch of which is apparently being held up by the International Board of Control. Hain Chao': body, Ting maid, was definitely identified among the killed in Rangahow.

The strike of the employees of the China Merchants 3.2.Co. handicapred, but by no means crippled, Sun's transportation arrangement a. This trouble

has now been practically settled owing to the substitutim of Ningpo crews for the Cantome se .

Internally their great enemy is propaganda. Ting complains of the attitude of the Fremh Police in this rempeat. He mye that the French Authorities

have promised cooperation and support, but that owing to the power vielded by Chinese detectives in the

French Concession he is, in practice, quite unable to

get either. He had no complaint whatever to make

about us.

I pointed out to him, however, that we

could not afford to do more in this respect than the

Chinese muthorities themselves were doing and I referred

to an apparent relaxation of effort on their part

which had bem noticeable during the past week.

Eventually

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