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he was given a passport and (b) that he was allowed to temain until his wife had given birth to her child i.e.,
two or three weeks longer. On these conditions he
definitely agreed to leave.
promise.
Marshal Li Tsung-jen would make no definite
General Chan King She replied that he doubted
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his authority to issue passports to General Tsui who had been proscribed as outlaw by the Nanking Government.
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undertook however to consider in confidence whether this
difficulty could not be got over.
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The real danger to the Canton Government of these men's presence in Hong Kong now lay in the fact that it created an atmosphere of uncertainty. Of the two Li Tsung- jen was the more dangerous at the moment.
The forces of
Tsui King Tong had been scattered and disarmed, though the remnant under Yun Ha-kau, an ex-brigand, who had been driven into Kiangsi, had managed to get back to Kwongtung.
His Excellency promised that he would do his best to induce them to leave Hong Kong. He did not want them
in the Colony.
3.
The conversation then turned to the subject of the Kowloon-Canton Railway. His Excellency pointed out that the British Engines at present drawing the Express trains were not designed for the purpose and were being rapidly used up and that, unless proper arrangements were made shortly, the Express Service would come to an end. urged the signature of the draft agreement providing for the purchase of engines by the Hong Kong Government. behalf of the Chinese section. General Chan replied that the affairs of the railway were on the hands of the Central
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