CO129-512-2 Political situation in China- and Canton 31-5-1929 - 13-11-1929 — Page 70

NO SECRET.

Copies to:-

Canton No.89.

Peking No.28.

Singapore.

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Sir,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONG KONG 31st May, 1929.

RECEIVED

3 JUL 1929.

1OOL. OFFICE

In continuation of ny Secret despatch,

Much

dated the 23rd May, I have the honour to inform you

that the situation in the South, so far as can be judged at present, seems to have turned definitely in favour of the Nanking Government. intrigue has, of course, been in progress during the past few months and, if Canton had been captured by the Kwangsi party, this event would, no doubt, have been the signal for a renewal of civil war throughout China. The Kwangsi army on the Yangtze might again

and a have risen and joined the "Christian General" rival government would have been set up in Canton, in which case the chief posts might have been held by members of the "Western Hill" party, a number of

These representatives of which came to Hong Kong.

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men might have been desperate enough to contemplate an alliance with the left wing of the Kuo-min-tang,

who

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LIEUTENANT COLONEL L.C.M.S. AMERY, M.P.

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

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