CO129-512-2 Political situation in China- and Canton 31-5-1929 - 13-11-1929 — Page 68

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way back to Nanking, when he would know more of Cantonese

affairs and would be better able to discuss them with

me; but he changed his plans and went from Canton to Swatow with only a few hours' stay in this Colony, during which he did not find time to visit me again.

8. The anniversary of the Chakee incident of the

23rd June 1925, passed quietly by, the only incident being the appearance of a communist leaflet and

inscriptions written on walls here and there in Hong Kong

attacking indiscriminately the British and the Chinese

tionalist Governments.

9. In Kwangtung in spite of disturbed conditions

there appears to have been no general recrudescence of

piracy and the frontier of this Colony remains quiet. This is largely due to the organisation of village gurās

who are supplied with arms by the Canton Government and

are loosely organized under district headmen reporting to

an official in Canton.

10. The Chinese characters for the names in this

spatch are given on a separate sheet.

I have the honour to be,

My Lord,

Your most obedient, hrble servant,

Governor, &c.