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Government House,
Hongkong, 21st. May, 1919,
I have the honour to forward a copy of cer- tain paragraphs from an affidavit by a Dr. August Gaston in which reference is made to an offer of his services to the French Embassy in Peking at the outbreak of war.
This Government has reason to believe that Dr. Gaston is identical with one August Bach, formerly a missionary in North China, who left Shanghai in the S. S. "China" on the voyage to which the affidavit refers.
I should be glad if Your Excellency would be so good as to enquire whether either Dr. Gaston or Mr. Bach is known to the French Authorities in Peking, what is known about him generally, and whether he volunteered his services
as stated.
I have, &c.,
P. S.
(Sd.)
CLAUD SEVERN,
Officer Administering the Government.
I shall be glad if a report may be furnished as early as possible.
His Excellency
The Right Honourable
Sir John N. Jordan, G.C.1.E., K.C.B., K.O.M.G.,
His Britannic Majesty's Minister,
PEKING.