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refused to do so. He did not however issue
the circular to which he had referred.
6. Mr. Wilkinson of Messrs. Wilkinson & Grist,
the Hongkong firm of solicitors, has been writing
to Mr. Hogg, apparently at the instance of Mr.
Holyoak, urging on what he considers legal grounds
the expulsion of the Germans from the Canton Club.
The Club Committee have, I believe, had the good
sense to decline to act on this advice, realizing
as they do that a refusal on the part of the Germans
to leave the Club would result either in a dis-
turbance or in a serious loss of face for the
British members.
Canton,
(Signed) Cecil kirke.
June 30th.1915.