(97966/15)
Memorandum on the points raised by the
Governor of Hong Kong in his telegram
of July 13th.
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The general question put at the beginning of the
telegram will be most conveniently dealt with by answer-
ing the specific questions which follow.
1.
This question is fully dealt with in the letter
from the Colonial Office to the Foreign Office of July
FO
12th (28314/15). The result may be summed up as follows;-
Germans in China are enemies for trading purposes under
the Proclamation of June 25th; they are enemies for
Prize Court purposes under the "Derfflinger" judgment
and the recent opinion of the Attorney-General and Mr.
Maurice Hill, The only question therefore remaining is
whether they are to be regarded as enemies for the pur-
pose of acts forbidden only by the common law, which
may roughly be described as "non-commercial" intercourse.
If they are, then such persons are enemies for all pur-
poses. The Colonial office are inclined to take this
view,
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