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Telegraph Office until the Governor's consent had
This is he says, "due to Kong
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been obtained.
siu-lui"; and he begs that an order be issued for
the arrest and punishment of br. long, and that I
should be instructed "not to interfere any further,
in the interests of the sovereignty of cldna'.
kr. Lu Lust, of course, know that his allegation
against Er. hong is entirely false, and that 1r. Long
was definitely instructed by me not to hand over
charge of the office, although personally willing
to do so. In view of this fact, I shall be glad
if you will be good enough definitely to inform the
Chinese authorities concerned that La. Su Chih-yun
is not acceptable to this Government as Superintendent
of the Chinese Telograph Office in this colony.
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In order that there may be no nis-
understanding as to the attitude of the Hong Kong
Government in this matter, I have the honour to
inform you that, before a change is made on the
holder of the post of superintendent of the Chinese
Telegraph Office in long long, this Goverment will
require prior notification throu h you of the person
whom it is proposed to appoint, together with some description of his previous services and
qualifications for the post, in order that objection
may be taken by this Government, if the person
nominated is unacceptable. This Government will
also require assurances that the Superintendent, when
appointed, will confine himself to his work and
refrain from all political activities. It is
desired