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by fellow-members of the Union to let seamen earn their living in peace. Eventually, on the
morning of the 15th March the s.s. "Tatshan" re-
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sumed her sailings with the same crew.
3. The quarrel (see paragraph 5 of my despatch of the 11th March) between the Nanchang
clique of the Kuomintang, headed by General Tseung Kai-shek, and the Hankow clique headed by Comrade Hsü Chien (not apparently by Comrade Sun Fo,
though he is in support) has become more public.
The latest reports appear to indicate that the
issue is between the many-headed and the single-
*
headed theories of Government. A copy of a most
Enclo. No. interesting firsthand report on the whole position
from a confidential source is enclosed. It may
cause surprise that General Tseung should be found ranged against proletariat rule in view of the
sentiments expressed at the interview reported in
Enclosure No.7 to my secret despatch of the 14th
February. But every Chinese politician is a past-
master of the art of trimming and there is no more
efficient factory than the Kuomintang propaganda
bureau for turning out ready-made sentiments appro-
priate to the moment for the use of its members.
4. The peace and order afforded by this
Colony in contrast with the dangerous chaos in China appears to be attracting a steady inflowof Chinese from Kwang-tung and elsewhere. The inward passengers by the river steamers for the period 21st February to 7th March have been over 9,000 in excess of the outward, and the railway returns for the period 14th February to 6th March show a similar
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