Enclosure No. 2
No. 386.
Copies to: F.0. No. 112.
Peking No. 165.
H.B.L. Consulate General,
'Canton,
September 26th, 1927.
Sir,
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I have the honour to refer to Your Excellency's despatch
No. 339 ́of the 21st September, regarding the provocative conduct of the Nung lan, or peasants' corps, at Shataukok on the borders
of the Hong Kong New Territories.
2. Shortly after reading your despatch, I happened to
receive a visit from Mr. Tam Lai-ting, who is related by
marriage to General Li Fuk-lam and is, I know, a close confidant
of the latter. I therefore asked Mr. Tam to convey your message to the General and ask if the Nung Lan could not be
removed from Shataukok and be replaced by General Li's own
troops. Kr. Tam promised to do so, but he explained that
General Li Fuk-lam was already opposed to the Peasant Corps
and would like nothing better than to get rid of them, but they
were not under his control and it was doubtful whether he could
do much at the present time.
3. I imagine that the peasant corps is part of the
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Kuomintang scheme for organizing and educating the agricultural population in the Nationalist party principles, and that it is a body which the regular militarists have to handle with care. The organization of the peasants was, as you know, begun under Russian communist guidance and was given a violently anti- foreign complexion which it still retains. I have also addressed a written protest to the Linistry for Foreign Affairs a copy of which I enclose, requesting a removal of the Nung
Man and their leader from Shataukok, so as to avoid a serious
incident. A copy of the Chinese text of my letter has been sent to General Feng Tsuk-man the Commissioner of Labour and
His Excellency,
The Governor,
HONG KONG
agriculture
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