CO129-496 - Public Offices - 1926 — Page 189

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Mr. Acting Consul Pratt to His Majesty's Minister.

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H.B.M. Consulate,

Admiral Bongtong Canton,

Kiung chow.

26th January, 1926

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In my despatch No. 3 of January 2örd I had the honour to report the occupation of slangohow and Hoihow by the Revolutionary Aray from Canton, and I have now the honour to address you on the subject of the security of the foreign o comunity.

2. Bo far the occupation has been purely military. No oivil officials have had time to arrive and no representatives of the Labour Party or boyoutters have yet made an appearance, This however is only a matter of days and then the economic war and anti-foreign measures are certain to be put iato execation.

3. At the least commerce with Hongkong will be cut off and dritisk steaners boycotted, Conditions at other Scuthern

parts appear to vary so widely that it is impossible to predict

what my be in store. Should the sume clemency be shown at Hoihow me at Pukhoi, foreigners will be practically unmolested.

Servants will be allowed to remin ad there will be no food

boyaott. This is the beat that can be hoped for und the hope

may be defeated owing to the absence of foreign merchante

at Pakhoi and the greater importance of this port to Hongkong

from an economic point of view. Life will then merely be

unpleasant and the main inconvenience will probably be the

renewal of foreign stores and groceries which, however, it may

be possible to import from Haiphong. In such circumstances the

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