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In case we should wish to telegraph to you
we
upon any of the points referred to in this letter,
would ask you to take note of the fact that we shall
use the special code word "Referendo" to mean
"Referring to our letter of the 9th July".
I am,
dear Sir,
Yours faithfully,
(sgd) HENRY E POLLOCK.
Hon. Secretary.
Navy League, Hong Kong Branch.
Commander Crutchley R.N.R.
Secretary,
Navy League,
London.
P.S. Since the above letter was drafted, we have
received mail papers from home, from which we note with
astonishment that the native city of Kowloon has been
exempted from the territory leased.
We cannot help thinking that such a concession
to the Chinese has been a serious blunder and will be
misinterpreted as a sign of weakness, and it will, in
our opinion, inevitably lead to trouble and friction
and unseemly altercation with the Chinese officials in
Kowloon City. Upon this point we attach for your
information, an extract from a leading article in the
Hong Kong Daily News of yesterday's date and we may say
that we thoroughly endorse the statements contained in
that extract.
amis
H.E.P.
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