CO129-498-5 Canton boycott- report on visit to Canton of representatives of the Hong Kong Chinese merchants... 6-1-1926 - 6-1-1926 — Page 17

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Enclosure No. 4.

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No. 4.

sir,

Government House,

Hongkong,

6th January, 1926.

Sut Covelovane

I have the honour to forward for your

information certain extracts fras Minese newspapers which

illustrate the incressin ly abusive tone of the Venton

Fress with esch stops nearer to a settlement of the present

troublem wit the caton Governant.

2.

The Ron xon Government as for some time

insistai täit rincour and recrimination should be sept out

of the dress: : it in surprising to find in the kwong

Chau làn twok Yat Zo (o peper credite, with being the

official organ of the twok den Tone in denton) en article

of nature so violent ne that to which reference is made,

at a moment when the Canton Government #professing its

anxiety for settlement throuđi cho medium of that very

deletion whose members dhe newspaper seeks to comi ƏMLA

to death for their efforte.

o

3.

I have therefore to request you to be goo

anouch to enter with the unton Government a protest

sg inst the licence penaitted to their ress: licence

which has the effect of costing / doubt on their sincerity

and on the genuine nature of their professions for un

œrly settlement.

I have the honour to bu,

Cir,

Your most obedient servant,

His Britɛnnic isjesty's Consul-Ceners1,

(d.) C., CLEMENTI

Governor,

CLEMENTI...

CANTO N.

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