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such government exists. Political conditions in

China are constantly changing; but at the moment

of writing there appear to be so-called "nation-

alist"governments of different types at Hankow,

at Nanking and in Yunnan-fu, the political

complexions of which might be tentatively described

as "red", "pink" and "white" respectively, while the relations between these three governments and

the provinces of Kuang-tung, Kuang-si, Fu-kien

and Kuei-chou are not clearly defined.

In these circumstances the problem which

specially concerns the Hong Kong General Defence

Committee is the possibility of exeating economic

pressure upon Canton in the event of any renewed

effort by the Cantonese authorities to inflict

injury upon Hong Kong and upon British trade in

Kuang-tung. With these considerations in mind

the Hong Kong General Defence Committee examined

clause by clause the summary of conclusions in

paragraph 54 of the report of the Advisory Committee

on Trading and Blockade. For convenience of

reference each conclusion of the Advisory Committee

is separately set out hereunder together with

remarks of the Hong Kong General Defence Committee

thereon.

(1) "The financial pressure which..

would be severe".

The Advisory Committee is in this passage

concerned

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