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passage to U.K.
so
I will not
allow them to be landed unless that is
done. The Attorney General of Hong
Kong has gone carefully into the
matter and that is his decision.
I pointed out to him that my
Articles called on these men to
any port in the world and that
war was in progress when these men
signed them.
He said he understood
the articles perfectly and that there
was a certain amount of risk which
the Government could not press there
The Government might take and if they
consented to go
for an increase of pay he would
not interfere but if they still
certainly refused
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