65129/14.
sir:-
ACREION OFFICE,
November
274
+
1914.
I am directed by Secretary Sir s. Gray to acknow-
ledge the receipt of your letter No. 79/5, of the
29th. ultimo regarding the treatment of enemy subjects
resident in Shania71.
Bir E. Grey understands that all Germans and
Austrians of military age in Hongkong have bean in-
terned and it seems to him reasonable to suppose that
any reservists who may have been in Shamien have gone
to Tsingtau. The element of danger arising from the
proximity of this district to Hongkong cannot there-
fore be very great.
In view of the considerations expressed in Bir
F. May's despatch of August 15th, copy of which was
enclosed in your letter of the 9th, ultimo, it appears
to
Under Secretary of State,
Colonial office.