106
- 4 -
at various times during the past twelve years
when their particular party has been turned out
of power.
6. As regards the special case of General
Ch'an Kweng-meng I refer you for a brief outline of
his career at Canton to the memorandum enclosed in
my secret despatch of the 12th October, 1926. Please see also paragraph 5 and enclosures No.1 and No.2 Xin my secret despatch of the 23rd December, 1925.
You will observe that on the 2nd November, 1925,
x
!
م
Mr. Fu Ping-ch'ang, at that date Commissioner of Foreign Affairs at Canton, but since then himself
a political refugee who during last year was glad
to enjoy the hospitable shelter of this Colony, wrote
on behalf of the Canton Government requesting the
expulsion of General Ch'an Kweng-meng from Hong Kong
territory "with a view to the preservation of peace in Kuang-tung and Hong Kong and the maintenance of friendly relations between China and Britain". After consulting my Executive Council, I replied on the 12th November, 1925, that it was my earnest desire that friendly relations should be maintained between China and Britain and especially between Canton and Hong Kong, and further that, in the in- terest both of Canton and Hong Kong I was most anxious that peace should be restored and preserved in Kuang-tung; but that the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs must be aware that conditions in Hong Kong were peaceful and that the abnormal and unhappy situation with respect to trade relations between Hong Kong and Canton was due to the activities of certain Russian Bolshevik emissaries established:
in
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.