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Translation of CODE Telegram
From SECRETARY OF STATE
To
GOVERNOR, HONGKONG.
Date 1st November, 1914.
November lat. My telegram of 30th October secret cypher
as to Turkey. Similar statement issued by Foreign Office in the "Times" today and you should now publish. You should add to state- ment as telegraphed to you the following:-
Aggressive action was certain to be the result of the activity of the numerous German Officers employed in the Turkish Army and acting under the orders of the German Govern- ment who thus have succeeded in forcing of the Advisers of the Sultan.
German intrigue cannot influence the loyalty to Great Britain of the 70,000,000 of Mahomedan in India and the feeling of the Mahomedan inhabitants of Egypt or of the many millions of Moslems in Africa and in Kalaya and elsewhere under His Majesty's protection. They must look with detestation on mis- guided action under foreign influence at Constantinople which would inevitably lead tothe disintegration of the Turkish Empire and which shows such forgetfulness of the many occasions on which Great Britain has shown friendship to Turkey. They must feel bitterly the degeneration of their co-religionists who can thus be dominated against their will by German influences and many of them realise that when Turkey is pushed into war by Germany they must dissociate themselves from a course of action that is so prejudicial to the position of Turkey itself.
The Turkish Government summarily and without notice on Friday shut off telegraphic communication with the British Embassy at Constantinople. This is no doubt the prelude to further acts of aggression on their part and the British Govern- ment must take whatever action is acquired to protect British