Copy.
Reg. No. 133715.
External envelope addressed; -
Fer "Paishun" via Shanghai.
Via Siberia.
V. Levisson Esq.,
C.O
47729
RECE REGE 16 OCT 15
C/O A. B. L.M. Ericsson and Company,
Stockholm.
513
Sweden.
Sealed H.S.
Stamped Shanghai 22nd July.
Internal envelope adaressed;-
R. Fuhrman, Esq.
Dear Mr. Fuhmann,
CANTON.
21st July, 1915.
As I am no longer in Hong Kong I regret that I
As far carmot go into the different items in detail. as the statement of the position of the firm in Febru- ary is concerned, I could not enumerate the German creditors, for, as you remark yourself, these were not paid by the liquidator. However, Y. obtained a copy of this statement because I could no longer keep quiet that I was preparing a statement of this kind. The idea on my side was to state definitely as far as possible the position of R. B. and Company in liquida- tion. The balance of A.R. amounting to some $ 25000 I had to include, having regard to Y. before whom I had to behave as though this amount was in order; I knew of course that here we had only to deal with a fictitous amount but the liquidator knew nothing of this. As far as the surety money of the Petroluem
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