It is a matter of fairly common knowledge here that Hongkong Las been visited during the past month oF so joy personages in the political arena of South Ching, though there has been some amount of "hush hush" over their movements. Sum cof these gentlemen were refugees from Canton, who, only of a pink or light red' hue in their polities, were in disfavour with the truly. flaming at least one case, the refugee had only recently delivered "himself of presumably sincere anti-British sentiments, and there was an immediate expression of public opin-fon against giving him asylum here. His early departure was believed to have been expedited by a hint from official quarters that his presence was not exactly welcome.
On the other hand, we have had the distinction of visits from those high up in the list of leaders among' the anti-Red faction, for it ig well know that many enemies of the Bolshevik regime in Canton are resident here, where they have had to seek refuge at varans dates. A handful of the former Cantonese Merchants Volunteer Corps gathered only the other day to do honour to the memory of their comrades who lost their lives in October of last year, in the first clash with the Communists, that subsequently became known as the Saikwan mas-acre.
The latest reports from reliable sources in the Canton neighbourhood are to the effect that people are already heartily sick the "strike" dictatorship, and the strikers themselves, apparently having tired of the novelty their semi-official positions, beginning to discover that most of the promises made to them have not been kept. The general feeling is undoubtedly hostile to the Russian-ridden triumvirate which is holding the reins of government, and the "Red" leader, Chiang Kaishek, will have to win an overwhelming ' victory against the Chen forces if he does not want to find himself in. the unem of being enemies who have not agreed up to date, been characterized by. intolerance of the true Moscow pattern, but these last few days hho has found it politic to modify his, attitude considerably.
Arms from Vladivostok Much interest has been aroused! locally by the presence of Northern Chinase cruisers and gunboats in these waters, and by reports of their success in intercepting large consignments of arms for Canton ca on Russian ships from Vindivostok. The Chinese here are taking a friendly interest. in the visit, and this is one of the signs, more noticeable lately, of the general feeling against the present Canton clique. The mark-enthusiasm over the recent celebration of the anniversary of the Chinese Republic, and of the birthday of Confucius, also suggested a better national consciousness, end the return of reason among the masses of the native population,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.