CO129-499-3 Canton situation- governor's despatches 12-2-1927 - 10-3-1927 — Page 74

Enclosure No.6.

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Translation.

(Extract from Man Kwok Yat Po, Canton, 30th January, 1927)

Reioinder to the memo. of the recent policy of the

British Imperialists.

Since the outbreak of the Wanhsien tragedy, a change

has been manifested in the British policy for dealing with

China. The automatic levy of the 24% surtax by the National

Government of Kwong Tung, the attitude of the Hong Kong

Government to our National Government, the trend of the

opinions of the British Press since the removal of the

National Government to the North, the negotiations between

the Foreign Minister Chen and the British Ambassador Lampson

and the replies of British Ministers to questions of Members

of Parliament on the policy to be adopted towards China,

will prove that we are not mistaken in our views. But all

these are only superficial changes. If we look carefully

into the small matters that have recently arisen between

China and England, such as the British loan to Ting Man Kong,

the successful alliance between the British and Chang of

Mukden, the extradition of Kuomintang members in the

Tientsin Concessions, the dissatisfaction of Japan with te

relation between Chang of Mukden and the British, we shall

see from the facts that the position is entirely different.

The British Imperialists will never change their traditional

policy. Of late, the attitude of England towards China has

been the object of keen attention from all quarters, and it

was hoped that freedom would be brought to birth by the

British Government. Now the infant has been born under the

eager eyes of all countries the British Consul-General

sent to the Foreign Minister yesterday the memorandum of

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