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Enilaune
Sir,
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144.
COLONIAL
OF
OFFICE
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG,
24th December, 1925. 190
In continuation of my secret despatch
of yesterday, I have the honour to inform you that Mr. A.G.M.Fletcher returned last night from his mission to Canton and I enclose a copy of the very interesting report which he has made to me.
2.
You will observe from this report
that the present nominal Government at Canton regards itself as a Labour Government and for this reason would be unwilling to take any action antagonistic to the organised labour movement in Kuang-tung upon which its power is based, and of which (so it is alleged by Cantonese officials) the present anti-British strike and boycott is a spontaneous and patriotic manifestation. I am also very doubtful whether in the absence of General Cheung Kai-shek and his troops from Canton, Mr. Wong Tsing-wai and his Council of Government have the power, even if they had the desire, to suppress the Strike Committee and abolish the strike pickets. At all events Mr. Sung Tsz-man made the significant remark that the present Government of Canton would not last a single day, if it shot down the strike pickets. The Canton Authorities therefore, decline to intervene
!
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
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LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S.AMERY,M.P.,
&c.,
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