CO129-498-7 Canton Boycott- conversation with Sun Fo 8-1-1926 - 8-1-1926 — Page 2

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

No.

SECRET

NUMBER AND DATE SHOULD

BE QUOTED IN REFERENCE

TO THIS LETTER

Sir,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG,

8th January, 1926.

190

With reference to my secret

despatch of yesterday, I have the honour to

inform you that Mr. Sun Fo arrived in Hongkong

to-day, having travelled from Shanghai in a ship other than that which brought Mrs. Sun, who is not his mother, being the second wife of the

late Dr. Sun Yat-sen. He called at Government

House and took tea with me, bringing with him General Ng T'it-sheng. There were also present Mr. A.G.M.Fletcher (who leaves for Ceylon tomorrow

Mr. E.R.Hallifax (who will suceed Mr. Fletcher

as acting Colonial Secretary), Sir Shou-son Chow

and Mr. R.H.Kotewall.

2.

We had a very friendly conversation. lir. Sun Fo told me that he proceeds toCanton tomorrow; that he still regards himself as being a member of the present Canton Government, from which he was absent on leave during his stay in Shanghai, and that he expects to resume the post of "Minister of Reconstruction" in the Kuang-tung Province. He spoke as if he had been out of touch with Cantonese affairs for some time and he certainly was not au fait with the

recent

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

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

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

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