The Archive · 1925

CANTON'S REBUFF TO PEKING

Peking, July 13.

The Government's proposal to send delegates to investi the recent Shameen incident is being definitely discouraged by the Canton authorities, who have made it plain that they desire to handle the situation themselves In response to an inquiry from an unofficial source in Peking, General Hsu Chung-chi, one of Canton commanders, has telegraphed stating that industrial and merchant circles in Canton are atrongly opposed to the idea of sending delegates from Peking and consider that the proposal to negotiate with the British Government in Lon: don is not a feasible one—Reuter's Pacific Service.

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