Canton, Oct. 31. ung has close commercial ial connections with Siam, wrod Mr. Lin Yi-chung, Com= joner of Internal Affairs, at the weekly memorial service this mor jing. Mr. Lin, accompanied by Mr. Shiao Fu-chen, went to Bangkok fand he returned here last night, He Jsaid Siam had about 2,000,000 Chinese living within its borders, who except for 1,000,000 from other pro Vinees are natives of Kuangtung, These Chinese dominate many dig' businesses and. are found every where, "Strong ancient ties, he Went on,. bound China and Siam. Many Chinese speak the Siamese language fluently and vice versa and. leven high officials speak the Swatow, dialect, so that it is often hard te say who aye Chinese and who are Siamese. After passing through the immigration stations and paying head tax, he declared, the Chinese are regarded practically as Siame ese. Siam's new policy was friendly. to China and particularly to Kuangtung, because the majority of Sia [Chinese are from that province Reuter.
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