GOVERNING HONG KONG.

Taranaki Daily News, 28 December 1923, Page 6

GOVERNING HONG KONG.

WHO IS TN CHARGE? BRITAIN OR SUN YAT SEN? By Telegraph—Press Assn —Copyright. Peking, Dec. *26. Referring to the Canton situation, the Peking correspondent of the Trentsin Times asks who governs Hong Kong, whether His Majesty’s representative or Sun Yat Sen? U if? nauseating to all volf-rosppcting Britishers to see the way the Hong Kong Government feted and fussed over Sun Yat Sen when the latter was proceeding to Canton a few months ago. This is a reversal of its previous attitude and encouraged Sun i at Sen to make preposterous demands from Hong Kong. The paper comments sevejply on the Governor’s action, vhen the Powers had unanimously decided to act for th ' protection and integrity of the Custom-, m receiving and conferring with Sun Yat Sen’s emissary. Hong Kong must elect net ween subservience to any political charlatan who happens temporarily to be in power at Canton or an attitude of complete aloofness from Kwangtung’s quarrels. The latter is the only course consistent with British self-respect The paper does not think American and British Labourite’s will be misled by Sun Yat Sen’s gross tions of the actual issue, which is waether the Customs revenues, which Have remained intact throughout the years of Chinese chaos, shall be preserved from local interference or become the spoils of quarrelsome and self-seek-ing militants and politicians in all parts of the country.