CO129-500-4 Canton situation- governor's despatches 15-9-1927 - 24-11-1927 — Page 2

Enclosure No.'.

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Translation.

(Extract from Yin Tseung Po, Canton. 16th September, 1927).

Letter from the Foreign Office, advising that all Anti-

British Associations should be warned to be careful of their

actions.

On the 15th inst.. the Foreign Office of the Nationalist

Government sent a letter to the Municipal Kuomintang Depart-

ment in Canton, asking them to warn the various Anti-British

Associations that they should keep strictly secret, and be

careful and peaceful in all their movements, so that the

British may have no excuse for complaint. The letter reads

as follows:-

In the forenoon of the 14th September, the Acting

Consul-General in Canton came to our office and stated that

he had received repeated urgent telegrams from his Government

at London, the British Minister in Peking, and the British Admiral on the Yangtze asking about the date on which the

Anti-British Boycott was to commence. He said he had been

told that it had been declared that the Anti-British Boycott

should be carried into effect in this City from the 15th

instant, and demanded information so that he could make a

reply.

In reply our office has informed him that, as of late the British Government has repeatedly infringed the sovereign

ty of China and massacred our people, the latter, out of enthusiasm to save their country, might have spontaneously

resorted to the policy of boycott but that nothing has been

heard as to the definite date on which the boycott will

commence. The British Consul-General appears to be

particularly attentive to the matter, and we find it

necessary to send you this letter hoping that you will warn

all the Anti-British Associations that they should keep