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are to the effect that General Cheung has had
recourse to more overt measures, having caused
the forcible disarmament of a section of General
Li Fuk-lam's troops returning from the Eastern
front.
3. As regards the general policy of this
latest régime the omens are somewhat contradictory
It seems, unfortunately, quite clear that General
Cheung will not forget his Hankow origins and will range himself with that clique against Nanking.
He is working with Wong Ching-wei whose alleged
betrayal of the Kuomintang to the Cormunists has
formed the subject of so many of the tirades of
Nanking forwarded in previous despatches. It is
probably untrue to call Wong a communist but he is
a determined Nationalist with stron ly radical
tendencies and his return to power in Canton can
hardly fail to give fresh life to labour-unionism
with disastrous results to trade and to relations
with Hong Kong generally. Entirely in keeping
with this tendency towards the left are some of
General Cheung's nominations to the forcibly
vacated offices under the Canton administration.
Thus Ch'an Kung-pok - a noted extremist is to
take charge of the nationalist organ, Kwok Man
San Man, while Tse Ying-pak, leader of the Seamen's
Strike of 1922, is made Commissioner of the
Labourers and Peasants Bureau. And there are other
symptoms indicating a revival of confidence among
the violent section of Labour. One of the
Commissioners appointed by General Li Chai-sum
to take
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