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and the Passports Ordinance, No.35 of 1923; but in
each case this right arises only if an order of
expulsion has been made.
5.
After Mr. Chu left me, I received a copy
of a telegram from the Rear-Admiral, Yangtze, to
the Commodore, Hong Kong, saying that these three
generals had left for Hong Kong in the s.s. "Chak Sang" on the 1st May. This ship, as I
subsequently ascertained, arrived in Hong Kong on the morning of the 6th May, with six (not three)
generals on board. They are well supplied with money and are lodging at the Empress Hotel in
Connaught Road. They have given out that they
are staying here to arrange about passports, etc.,
to enable them to travel abroad. I am having
their movements watched, but do not propose to take
further action at present. I enclose translation
of a letter which General Hu Tsung-to has written
to me and of the reply which I caused to be sent.
6. Mr. Chu returned to Canton on the evening
of the 6th May after conferring with General Ch'an
Ming-shu, his prediction of conflict between
Kwangsi and Kwangtung being confirmed by a telegram
which reached me on that day from His Majesty's
Consul General at Canton to the effect that Kwangsi
troops left Wuchow down river on the afternoon of
the 4th May and occupied a town one hour's run
from Wuchow and that Admiral Ch'an Chak had sent
gunboats to prevent their further advance.
7.
On the 8th May rumours reached Hong Kong
that the attack on Canton was being pressed;
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