CO129-498-23 Raising of money for coup d'etat in Canton 24-9-1926 - 3-1-1927 — Page 21

HONG KONG

sir,

Downing Street,

2/ Decembar, 1926.

I have the honour to soknowledge the receipt

ofnyour eeoret despatcn of the 24th September, 1926,

reporting the circumstances in shioù a eum of $50,000 wBI

temporarily advanced from the funas of tan Tung Wan

Hospital to finance certain action in Canton which it was

hoped would result in the re-establisženent in Canton of a

Geverument friendly to Hong Kong and so and the boycott,

2. I approve of your action in advancing from

Trade Loan funds the balance ($40,000) due to be repaid

to the Tung Yah Hospital, without interest, until the

political situation is clearer. i hope that it will be

possible for you to obtain from the persons concerned

repayment of the sum outstanding, sed you should repert

further if those hopes are not realised by the time that

Lize accounts of the Trade Loan are finally settled,

I sonnier, however, that it is unsatisfactory

tisut the leaders of the Chinese community should have

been in a position to obtain an advance of this na ture

from a Charitable Institution incorporated under the law

of the Colony, and especially so when ne security was

offered. I feel that the question should be fur ther

examined from this point of view; and if you consider that

the Directors of the Tung Wah Hospital were within their

legal rights in suthorising an advince of this nature

GOV TAMOR,

SIR C. CLEMENTI, K.0.X...

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