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IRLO:
REG 10 DEC 00
Goverment House,
HongKong, 8
November, 1900.
el: 1.
7-1900.
1900.
Sir,
I have the honour to enclose a request
received from the United States Consul General that Colonel
Mallory of the United States Army should be accepted as a Military Attaché to the Consulate General for the purpose
of assisting in observing the movements of the Philippino Junta at this port, as also a copy of my answer.
2. While my Government will take every
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pains to prevent any breach of the Foreign Enlistment Act I do not think it advisable that this new office of a Foreign Assistant to the Police should be accepted without very grave consideration. I know of no precedent for it in a British Colony. And it is palpable that such a precedent might give rise to possible complications in the future. The Consuls in China have executive and administrative powers which are not possessed by them in British Colonies.
ht Honourable
OSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, M.P.
&0..
BC..
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient,
Himble servant,
Annz Atehe
GOVERNOR,&C.,
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