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No.193.
Confidential.
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Sir,
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BRITISH LEGATI42345
PEK INRECE
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August 10th.1915.
With reference to my despatch No.102 of May 3rd
last, I have the honour to forward herewith copy of a
letter which I have received from the Governor of Hong-
Kong in reply to the enquiry which I addressed to His
Excellency as to whether the examination of the books
of German firms in liquidation at Hongkong had thrown
any light on the alleged organized campaign for the
capture of trade by Germany in the Far East.
His Excellency's statement seems to show that so
far at least as Hongkong is concerned, the speculations
indulged in by many of the British merchants in Shanghai
and repeated apparently by the China Association in
London regarding subsidies to German trade here have
no foundation in fact.
I have, etc..
(signed)
J. N. JORDON.
the Right Honourable,
Sir Edward Grey, Bart., K.G., M.P.,
etc., etc., etc.,