I think if we are goin to turn this over to the Forei ffice, as I agree we must do, we should inform them fully of the past history of this cree otherwise there ill be limited correspondence
o the subject.
I submit draft nccordingly.
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SANDERS.RENDERS & CO LTD
LONDON,MANCHESTER,NEW YORK.
Telegraphic Address.
"THEODOBIUS)
LONDON
LONDON MANCHESTER
Telephones
AVENUE HI 4378.
AVENUE NT 1626.
[CITY N 7184
CITY N 7105
MANCHESTER
EN REPLY PLEASE REFER TO
011 DEPARTMENT
Dear Sir,
C.O
30562
Fenchurch St.
London200
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office, S.W.
581 REGE 3 JULTS)
2nd July, 1915,
An
We have to-day received the following telegram from
Messrs. Johnson, Stokes & Master, our solicitore in Hongkong,
"Canton godown leased from Hamburg America Company enquire Colonial Office whether licence necessary from twentysixth instant".
The full explanation of this message is that the Fati
Godown in which the Canton portion of the Texas Company's Oil
shipment is stored, is held on lease from the Hamburg-America
Shipping Co. and in view of the "Trading with the Enemy (China,
Siam, Persia, and Morocco) Proclamation, 1915", our solicitore
wish to have your opinion as to whether a licence, as mentioned
in Paragraph 2 of that Proclamation, would be necessary as from
the 26th of this month.
If we are asked why we should lease a godown from a
German shipping company, the answer is that unfortunately we have
no choice in the matter. According to our information there is
no other godown available in Canton for the storage of 011.
If therefore, in your opinion, such a licence is
required for us or our agents, as agents of the Texas Company,