62799
NO SECRET.
Copies to:-
Canton No. 57.
Peking No.16.
Singapore.
7
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONG KONG 4th April, 1929.
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Sir,
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In continuation of my secret despatch of
27th March, 1929, I have the honour to inform you that the report of the death of Marshal Li Chai-sum
has not been confirmed; he is, however, still
under arrest and has been deprived of the offices
which he held under the Central Government.
departure of the Hankow and Canton delegates from
the Conference left the Meeting without a quorum;
their places were subsequently taken by nominees of the Central Government, and the conference proceeded
without interruption.
The
2. Meanwhile the supporters of the Kwangsi
Party in Canton were busy making preparations to despatch an expeditionary force to the assistance of Hankow. Troops were collected at Shiu Kwan on the Kwangtung border in preparation for an invasion of One result of the attitude was a rapid
Kiangsi.
fall in value of the Canton paper currency.
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
3.
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