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From GOVERNOR, HONGKONG,
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SECRETARY OF STATE,
Date 26th October, 1914.
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The General Officer Commanding urges very strong-
ly that Germans and Austrian deported from Hongkong be prevented from taking up residence on Shameen Canton; that Germans and
Austrians now resident there especially Consuls be expelled;
and that those of them who are liable for military service be
interned in Hongkong. His view is that there is great difficulty in stopping leakage from this Colony as long as enemy residents are as close as Canton with Chinese and Portuguese employees formerly in their pay still here. He contends that even if it is impossible to prevent them going to Canton itself very few will want to go there if the Shemeen is closed to them. He considers the political situation warrants risking complications with China by arresting reservists there.
My opinion is that transfer to Shameen should be allowed to a few approved persons who already have branches of their firms there; that expulsion of present residents on Shameen would be futile as they would merely transfer themselves to Chinese soil. As regards the arrest of reservists I deprecate such action as it would inevitably lead to complication with the
Chinese Authorities.
MAY