Begistry No.
159305/15
Draft.
Telegram to Mr. Dering
(R)
F. O.,
FOSS4
REG 5 NOV 151
+
37
, 1915.
Your telegram No 153 (of October
27th).
I consider it impossible to ac-
if quiesce in such a procedure, which,
imitated, would go to defeat existing arrangements for the suppression of Trad- ing with the Enemy.
You should report by telegraph spe- cific cases as they arise direct to Hong- Kong or Singapore, tepeating your tele- grams to me.
Authorities at these ports have been instructed to refuse transhipment fac- ilities in any case where a warning of this nature has been received from you. Ground taken up will be that British sub- jects will be guilty of an offence if they handle goods coming from the enemy.
You should report at once any scheme which may be devised for avoiding trans- shipment of such cargoes at above-mention ed ports, such as shipping via Java.