CO129-498-8 Canton situation- speeches made by members of the Canton Government- and visit of the Fraternity... 13-1-1926 - 13-1-1926 — Page 2

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG,

13th January, 1926

+90

ENCLOSURE No.1.

ENCLOSURE No.2.

ENCLOSURE No.3.

THE

RIGHT HONOURABLE

With reference to the second

Sir,

dated the 30th

paragraph of my secret despatch dated

December, I have the honour to forward herewith

translations of--

Chairman

(a) a speech made by Mr. Wong Tsing-wai,

of the Canton Council of Government

to the Hongkong "Fraternity Party" on the 27th

December:

(b) a speech made by Mr. C.C.Wu, a Member

of the Canton Council of Government, to the

same persons on the same day:

(c) a Chinese newspaper report of the

proceedings in Canton on the arrival of the

"Fraternity Party" from Hongkong.

2.

You will observe from these

documents that Mr. Wong Tsing-wai admits that the

budget of the present Canton Government shows

a deficit of $470,000 a month, and that he assured

his audience that "communism would never be

carried into practice", while saying in the same

breath:-

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

&c.,

&c.,

&c.