or Consular authority without the intervention
of the Hong Kong Government,
that if it should
be necessary
the Governor of the Colony
should forward any Complaint of the
German Minister
it should be accompanied
by the Consul
without any
further comment
than is necessary
to explain
its nature
This course of
proceeding which
should be followed
in future
would
of course prevent the Governor from referring
to the Secretary of State for
the Colonies
any
Case
in which the interests of persons connected
with it are
in his
opinion injuriously affected by the proceedings either of the Chinese or