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the enemy subjects in Hong Kong are interned the necessity for militery operations must prac tically have disappeared, and that a reference to the Law Officers is, under the circumstances scarce ly justified; and that as to fresh legislation, the circumstances of Hong Kong are radically different from those of the United Kingdom and most other parts of the Empire, as pointed out by Sir H. May, and that Mr. Harcourt would not feel justified in pressing on Sir H. Lay any legislation beyond that which he himself considers necessary and safe.

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