CO129-502-8 China- general situation 27-4-1927 - 15-9-1927 — Page 98

(1) "The financial pressure hich would result 02

from closing the British banks at Hankov, though to some extent effective for the time being, would diminish with the passage of time and cannot be relied on as a per- manent means of affecting Cantonese policy. Incidentally the loss to British commercial and financial interests would be severe."