Copy.
No.104.
Sir,
Enclosure No. 2.
97
H.B.M. Consulate-General,
Canton.
March 22nd, 1928.
To C.F.A. March 22nd.
With reference to Your Excellency's despatch
No.57 of the 20th March regarding the Chinese telegraph
office in Hong Kong, I have the honour to enclose a copy of
a letter which I have addressed on the subject to the
Commissioner for Foreign Affairs.
This letter was handed by Mr. Vice-Consul
Hell personally to Mr. Chu Chao-hsin today. Mr. Hall reinforced by verbal representations the points on which
Your Excellency lays stress and impressed on Mr. Chu the
necessity for secrecy as explained in the last paragraph of
your despatch. Mr. Chu stated that while he thoroughly
appreciated the advantages of secrecy, which he would make
every endeavour to preserve, at the same time he entertained little fear that Mr. Lau, with whom he was personally
acquainted, would act in the manner suggested.
With regard to the title to be given to the merchant taking charge of the Telegraph Office, Mr. Chu asserted that in an interview with Your Excellency it had
been agreed that this should be
K
His Excellency,
and not
as stated in the 3rd paragraph of your despatch under
reference. While Mr. Chu had no objection to the English
The Governor,
version
Hong Kong.