CO129-512-1 Political situation in China- and Canton 30-11-1928 - 23-5-1929 — Page 46

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course of their conversation that Chiang had

approached each of them with a view to forming

an alliance with the one to eliminate the other.

Upon thus discovering Chiang's duplicity, they

both lost no time in getting away from Nanking;

Feng Yu- hsiang on some excuse left for the north and Li Tsung-jên went to Shanghai.

8. I still hope against hope that civil war between Kwangtung and Kwangsi may be avoided:

but I find that outlook of prominent Chinese

in Hong Kong is very pessimistic.

9. 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.,