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In reply to your letter of the 12th.

instant, I beg to inform you of the following facts.

On January 26th. last Captain M. Merlees of

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the Marty Steamer "Hoihow" came to my office and stated that the

German subject Hermann Baetke who was ships-engineer on board

the "Hoihow" since about one year was apparently out of his

mind, that he had twice attempted suicide on the voyage of the

ship to Hongkong and that he needed treatment in the Lunatic

Asylum. I answered the Captain that, according to an agreement

made between Germany and France on May 16th., 1980, the 3German

Authorities have to care for French Sailors who fall sick while

in the Service of a German Ship, and vice versa, and I referred

him, therefore, to the ships-owner Mr. Marty or, eventually, the

French Consul. Thereupon the Captain went away, and the next I

heard of the affair was a letter of the 7th. instant wherein the

Acting French Consul informed me that he held in deposit the

wages of the sick Engineer H. Baetke amounting to $182.

It may be that this sum was deposited with

the French Consul just before H. Baetke was sent to the Hospital

and that Baetke, at the moment of his admission to the Hospital,

was actually not longer in the service of the "Hoihow". But that

does not prevent the fact that he fell sick at a time when he

still was Engineer of the said Steamer, and, therefore, he has

to be cared for by the Ships-owner or, eventually, the French

Consul.

I also beg to refer to the contents of two

letters written by my predecessor to your predecessor on June

The Honourable

The Colonial Secretary.

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