CO129-499-3 Canton situation- governor's despatches 12-2-1927 - 10-3-1927 — Page 38

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Enclo. No. 4.

(d) Four extracts from the Man Kwok Yat Po, Canton, of the 24th January, three dealing with the events at Hankow, and the fourth purporting to give the text of a letter from the Head of Kansu Province to the Canton

Government notifying the adhesion of that Province to the

Kuomintang.

Enclo. Na bele) An extract from the Man Kwok Yat Po of the 25th

January, 1927, containing the report of the President

of the Nationalist Government to the 3rd Representative Conference of the Kuomintang held in Kiangsi. General T'ong mentioned in this document is T'ong Shang-chi, an old adherent of General T'am Yin-hoi the President in question, formerly Military Governor of Hunan. General Tong contrived to maintain himself in Southern Hunan,when his chief was expelled from the province by Marshal Wu P'ei-fu, and maintained through this channel his connection with Dr. Sun Yat-sen and the Kuomintang. When Canton organized the Northern Expedition General T'ong took a prominent part in the recapture of Hunan from his old enemy General Chiu Hang-tik. General T'am Yin-hoi, who became acting Chairman of the Canton Soviet last year after the expulsion of Mr. Wong Tseng-wai, is the son of a former Viceroy of the Liang

Kuang provinces.

Enclo. No. 6. (f)

An extract from the Man Kwok Yat Po, Canton, of the 30th January, containing a rejoinder to the British memorandum on Chinese policy, treating the proposals made therein as a cloak for giving, or rather continuing, assistance to the enemies of Chinese Nationalism, and rejoicing in the international discord which it is

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