has already been gained on
the subject,
3. I have come to this
conclusion in part because
I think, that our
I consider that, it is suggestive of reflection that you
held a plebiscite of the
Community
British Community
Its members
exclusive
the government services should have
held, you have considerably added to the difficulty of the position. I have
& every
reason
to
assume that
the British merchant and
Residents in Hongkong
in good sense
have the
same
and public spirit as their countrymen elsewhere, but it is impossible that Hongkong should be other
than a Crown Colony,
authorised
in doing
so that
the situation has
been so complicated
by
the soldiers
inconsistent with
it is improper in a Crown
Colony
government to be seen
attempting to gain guidance
under the guidance of a plebiscite and is in no community whatsoever, so beset
on
one
whether from Colony
or not, can a Satisfactory
Solution
of a question in which the whole body of the ratepayer and many outside that body
are
interested
be found
are
deprived
from an expression of the
one section alone.
Opinions of
-4. In the present instance, the plebiscite having been held, you
have found
yourself constrained to
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