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Honourable Captain Superintendent of Police,
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To assess correctly Lieutenant Commander Faure's
memorandum it is necessary to bear in mind the following facts:
After the Seamen's Strike in 1922, His Excellency the
Governor, Sir R.E. Stubbs, was advised by officials
and unofficials that his policy should be to countenance the moderate section represented by Ch'an Kwing Ling
rather than the radical section led by Sun Yat Sen.
Lieutenant Commander Faure studied Chinese in Hong
Kong for some time. In 1924 he was sent to Canton to
complete his studies and to keep the Naval Authorities
posted with information.
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A prominent figure in Shameen at the same time was
Lieutenant Colonel R.M. Crosse, formerly Military
Intelligence officer in Hong Kong and always a staunch
supporter of Ch'an King Wing.
Lieutenant Commander Faure and Lieutenant Colonel
Crosse did not "mix". The former lived in Canton city
itself, except when he had command of the gunboat
"Robin" for three months in 1925.
"Lieutenant Commander Faure was recalled from Canton
in 1925 and returned to England. He has recently came
back here, against his own inclinations.
He is unacquainted with the history of piracy in the
Delta prior to 1920, or else he does not allow for it
in the deductions in the second paragraph of his
inemorandum.
The salient factor is that during the past ten years,
the xxx "writ" of any Government in Canton has not
extended twenty miles outside the city.
Lieutenant
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