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Vol. 25 (1985)
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch
RASHKB and author
ISSN 1991-7295
217
ing machines; perhaps this was it. Notwithstanding the possibility that one item purchased might be unrelated to war, the receipts pasted here are obviously connected with funds raised and disbursed through Hong Kong for some military operation.
It does not take much imagination to see what this operation was. I translate the following from Liu Shao-t'ang H, Min-kuo ta-shih-chih ICHA DE (Taipei, 1972), pp. 174-177; 16th August, 1920 Commander-in-chief Ch'en Chiung-ming of the Kwangtung Army swore allegiance to Mr. Sun Yat-sen at Chang chou...; 19th, Hsü Ch'ung-chih of the right division of the Kwangtung Army captured Mei hsien; 24th, Commander-in-chief of the Kwangtung Army, Ch'en Chiung-ming arrived at Swatow...; 6th September, in obedience to Mr. Sun Yat-sen's order, Chu Chih-hsin instigated the independence of the Fu-men batteries...; 21st, Chu Chih-hsin... killed, aged 36; 26th Commander of the 3rd division of Canton and Hui-chou, Li fu-lin, declared independence; 2nd October in obedience to Mr. Sun Yat-sen's command, Ku Ying-feng (that is, Ku Hsiang-ch'in) carried 108,000 dollars from Hong Kong to Swatow in support of Ch'en Chiung-ming's troops, and Mr. Sun further remitted 150,000 Hong Kong dollars from Shanghai to Swatow for Ch'en.
THE NIXON SCROLL
David Faure
The following letters, written in 1963, provide some necessary information on the Nixon Scroll, now presented by the Society to the Fung Ping Shan Museum on long-term loan:
(1)
The Keeper
Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts
The British Museum
London
Department of History University of Hongkong June 14, 1963
Page &
Vol. 25 (1985)
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch
RASHKB and author
ISSN 1991-7295
217
ing machines; perhaps this was it. Notwithstanding the possibility that one item purchased might be unrelated to war, the receipts pasted here are obviously connected with funds raised and dis- bursed through Hong Kong for some military operation.
It does not take much imagination to see what this operation was. I translate the following from Liu Shao-t'ang H, Min- kuo ta-shih-chih ICHA DE (Taipei, 1972), pp. 174-177; 16th Au- gust, 1920 Commander-in-chief Ch'en Chiung-ming of the Kwangtung Army swore allegiance to Mr. Sun Yat-sen at Chang chou...; 19th, Hsü Ch'ung-chih of the right division of the Kwangtung Army captured Mei hsien; 24th, Commander-in- chief of the Kwangtung Army, Ch'en Chiung-ming arrived at Swa- tow...; 6th September, in obedience to Mr. Sun Yat-sen's order. Chu Chih-hsin instigated the independence of the Fu-men batter- ies...; 21st, Chu Chih-hsin... killed, aged 36; 26th Commander of the 3rd division of Canton and Hui-chou, Li fu-lin, declared inde- pendence; 2nd October in obedience to Mr. Sun Yat-sen's com- mand, Ku Ying-feng
(that is, Ku Hsiang-ch'in) carried 108,000 dollars from Hong Kong to Swatow in support of Ch'en Chiung-ming's troops, and Mr. Sun further remitted 150,000 Hong Kong dollars from Shanghai to Swatow for Ch'en.
THE NIXON SCROLL
David Faure
The following letters, written in 1963, provide some necessary information on the Nixon Scroll, now presented by the Society to the Fung Ping Shan Museum on long-term loan:
(1)
The Keeper
Oriental Printed Books and Manuscripts
The British Museum
London
Department of History University of Hongkong June 14, 1963
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