accordingly propose to approve the steps which the
Governor is taking, while at the same time to ask
for a report on the position after these measures
have had time to bear practical results.
We recognise also, of course, that the
A main of great importance.
political aspects of the business-must also be
considered.
In this connection, you will see from the
enclosed telegram that no alteration is intended in the
facilities granted to merchants passing in and out of
the Colony. We propose on this to remind the Governor
of the necessity for administering the Ordinance
iderate
in a constatinet and sympathetic manner, and in particular
to instruct him that any facilities attendant on the entry
pans vicitors of such merchants, and on that of important Chinese/and
holders of Chinese passports generally, should be carried
out as expeditiously and courteously as possible.
Before telegraphing to the Governor in the
above sense, however, we should be grateful for any observations
we may han from youself
which/you or Scott at the War Office, to whom, as well as to
which you
Pryce at the War Cabinet Office, I am sending a copy of
this letter.
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Yours sincerely,
FR
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