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Sir,
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
HONGKONG. 29th. July, 1918.
I have the honour to inform you that the
enclosed letter was recently published in the local press following upon the sad occurrence at Tai O which forms the Go subject of a separate Despatch.
Enclosure L
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Mr. E. V. Hamilton is acting as District Officer (South). Recently I have arranged that Är. Eldon Potter, Barrister-at-law, who has been exempted by the Military Service Tribunal, should take over the duties of Mr. Hamilton in order to release the latter to replace some young man for active service. It is understood that the Government will have
the claim on the whole of Mr. Potter's time.
2.
Mr. Hamilton, who is a capable and industrious officer, protested to Government against the gratuitous libel contained in the letter, and I gave him permission to defend himself. His solicitors wrote to the three newspapers which had published the libel with the result that the "South China Morning Post" published the paragraph
in terms dictated by the Solicitors, of which I enclose a
copy. The "Hongkong Daily Press" and "China Mail", however,
published the different and obnoxious version of which a copy is also enclosed. As these newspapers refused to modify these
letters
b.l.
3.10.15
HE RIGHT HONOURABLE
WALTER LONG, M.P.
ac.. *.
&c..