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prospects, he communicated privately with the Commodore on
the subject suggesting that he should ask Lt. Commander
Haslewood to restrain his wife from taking part in a public
controversy affecting racial questions and customs and stirring
strong and dangerous feeling in the Chinese community.
The Commodore and subsequently the Commander-in-Chief
interviewed Lt. Commander Haslewood and the Commander-in-Chief
informed him that if he wished to continue his campaign he
ought to resign his official appointment in the Dockyard.
In the meantime Mrs.Haslewood was taken to hospital
and her condition was such that the Doctors had the gravest
doubts as to her recovery if she did not leave the Colony at
once. The Commander-in-chief accordingly informed Lt.-
Commander Haslewood that he was prepared to allow him to proceed
home with his wife and to replace him in the Chart office by
another officer. Lt. Commander Haalewood accepted this offer
and on returning home gave as his reason for leaving the
Chart Depot "I applied to proceed on urgent private affairs. This was approved by the Commander-in-Chief, China Station".
Lt. Commander Haslewood was a retired officer who
had volunteered for service during the War. About the time
of his leaving Hong Kong, the war being over, the Admiralty
were reverting such officers to the Retired List and they
were being warned in advance of the likelihood of their
being
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