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the officer responsible for the recently published
Labour Regulations he had incurred the enmity of the
local Labour Unions and feared that they might take
this opportunity to do him mischief.
12. As I close this despatch information
reaches me that Central Bank notes are now
unacceptable at Canton, that a Kwangsi aeroplane has dropped bombs on gunboats near Macao fort at Canton and that a change of Government at Canton will shortly occur. It is now unlikely that General Ch'an Ming-shui, who is still in the Government
Civil Hospital at Hong Kong and of whom the Chinese here say that he does not wish to leave it and would
be glad if his other leg were also broken, will assume duty as the Civil Governor of Kwangtung. He and General Ch'an Chai-t'ong and Admiral Ch'an
Chak are all likely to be refugees in this Colony.
I am also informed on good authority that of the
Wuhan armies defeated by Marshal Chiang some 20,000
men have now reached Kwangsi by way of Kweichow
province and that another 40,000 or more are in Szu-ch'uan province near Ichang biding their time for
a renewed attack on Marshal Chiang when opportunity
offers, the plan of the Kwangsi leaders being to
invade Hunan and march northwards as soon as they
have reorganized the Kwangtung Government.
13.
The Chinese characters for the names in
this despatch are given on a separate sheet.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient, humble servant,
Governor, &c.
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