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last post was sounded as the vessel steamed out to the
strains of the Germen National Ar them.
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The Community here showed much
sorrow at this sad event. After the funeral the Geran
Consul and the two senior German Naval Officers called
officially to express their thanks for the sympathy shewn
and the arrangements of the funeral. On the 3rd. instant
the "Scharnhorst" which had gone South returned, I under-
-stand with the special object of expressing their sense
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of obligation. Captain Krapt now acting as German Admiral
called upon me with his Staff and expressed himself in
terms so strong and so cordiel as to indicate that the
German Navy were deeply touched by the respect and sorrow
shewn by my self and the British Services and Community of
Hongkong. On the 6th. instant Acting Admiral Krapt
accompanied by his Staff called on me to convey a mes sage
from His Imperial Majesty and I enclose an extract from
the "Hongkong Daily Press" giving an account of the proceed
-ings. It is very unfortunate that the Admiral should have
died here, but the post mortem examination revealed the
fact
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