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 3

No.

SECRET.

NUMBER AND DATE SHOULD

BE QUOTED IN REFERENCE

TO THIS LETTER

Enclosure 1.1.

Sir,

PRINTED

FOR USE

Eastém

144

COLONIAL

138

OF

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG,

6th January,1926

190

OFFICE

In continuation of my secret

despatch of the 30th December, I have the honour

to inform you that the eight elected representatives

of the Hongkong Chinese merchants returned from Canton on the 2nd January, having completely

failed in their mission. I attach a letter

and memorandum written by one of these

representatives, Mr. Lo Man-kam, head of the

firm of Messrs. Lo & Lo, Solicitors, describing this abortive visit, from which you see that,

owing chiefly to the obstructive tactics of Ur.

C.C.Wu, the eight Hongkong merchants were not able even to begin negotiations with the Canton

Strike Committee.

2.

It is very interesting to com- pare Mr. Lo's memorandum with Mr. Fletcher's

report, a copy of which was enclosed in my secret despatch of the 24th December. Mr. Fletcher carried away from his interviews with the Canton Council of Government the impression that the only matter for settlement was the

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

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