From Viceroy, 20th January 1916.
P.-Reference to our telegram 250) 1.S. of 19th instant. Secret. It is or other British line will not represented by M. Barendrecht that " Empress
take ferman passengers without permission of Government. He asks that line may receive authority to give 1st class berth to Vancouver to Baroness Von Winckler. If you approve proposul in our telegram of 19th January please direct Hong Kong accordingly.
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