Ho Tung: Inportant Letter from Dr. Sun Yat-sen In reply to his inquiry as to the date and place for the holding of the round-table conference, Sir Robert Ho Tung has. received the following telegraphic reply from Dr. Sun Yat-sen anton, September 27, 1923. Sir Robert Hotung, Sh: ai, in reply to' your inquiry, I adhere to my promise personally to attend proposed conference wherever and whenever convened if other principal leaders will meet me to consider and devise means to settle present grave state of the nation. A situation is under development which threatens the complete disintegration of the state as a governing institution. This can only be arrested by some act of statesmanship expressed in terms of a national settlement by consent bet\..uu She men who, by the course of events and in virtue of the power now wielded by them, are responsible at this moment for the security and welfare of the nation. In default of such a settlement, I foresee a degree of political anarchy which may cause China to relapse into barbaric rule under a brutal soldiery.—Sun Yat-sen.
The Chinese Chambers of Commerce of Nanking and Hangchow il and the Native Bankers' Association of Tanyang district have informed Sir Robert Ho Tung that they all heartily support. the Round-table Conference.
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