CO129-499-5 Canton situation- governor's despatches 11-3-1927 - 11-3-1927 — Page 68

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113 JUN 1927 COL. OFFICE

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 12th May, 1927.

Sir,

I have the honour to enclose for your

information translation of an extract from the Kwok

Man San Man, Canton, of 3rd May, 1927, on the subject

of the retrocession of Kwong Chow Wan.

Consul here.

2.

A copy has been supplied to the French

At a mass meeting in Canton on the 7th May a resolution was passed demanding restoration by

France of Kwong Chow Wan. Those present at the meeting were government officials, Party and military leaders, and representatives of over a hundred public organisations and schools, in addition to a big gathering of all sections of the people, peasants and labourers, merchants, students,

and professors, police and soldiers, totalling about

20,000.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient humble servant,

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

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

&C.,

&C.,

&c.

Governor, &c.