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(b). Two Polish Jewe named Komor, father and son, who

keep a curio store and disclaim any loyalty towards Austria-Hungary though Austro-Hungarian

subjects.

(c). The Rev. J. Plazeck, a Roman Catholic priest, who

is a German Pole but profoundly anti-German in

sympathy.

(d). A Cerman hotel-keeper named F. Reichmann, who

disowns his country, whose exemption was granted

at the instance of the Provost Marshal to whom he

has been very useful. This man applied to be

naturalised as a British Subject about two years ago, but was not then qualified as he had not resided 5 years in the Colony.

(e). A blind Austrian named Bocklemann who is destit-

ute and maintained at the Seamen's Institute at the expense of the Government.

(f). A Eurasian named Mrs. Bruhn, whose husband is of

German nationality, has pending her confinement been allowed to reside with her unmarried sister. The persons referred to in (a) and (b) of the 2nd paragraph of my despatch of the 4th of November were only exempted from internment as prisoners of war and not from deportation.

3.

One naturalised British subject of enemy birth resides in the Colony, a hotel manager named Peuster, whose loyalty has never been definitely questioned. There are also two German ladies married to Englishmen of repute, Mrs. Watson and Mrs. Chapple.

No restrictions are placed on the enemy subjects men- tioned or on those individuals mentioned in the preceding paragraph except that they cannot leave the Colony without permission and that their correspondence is rigidly censored.

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I reported the action taken with regard to Ottoman

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