CO129-356 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [4-6] — Page 35

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Government House,

32

Hongkong, 29th. March, 1909.

C.O.

16263

FGP 15 MAY OS

I have the honour to acknowledge your letter

of this date. I regret very much to find that Your Honour is

dissatisfied with the explanation of my views contained in my

letter of March 15th. and that you "demur entirely" to the

course of action which I have taken. This course of action is

described by Your Honour as consisting in "a refusal to take

any steps because I cannot believe that the officer (Mr. Seth)

is not speaking the truth".

2.

You desired that the correspondence should

be transmitted to the Secretary of State, and this was at once

done. On receipt of his reply Your Honour declined to accept the

Secretary of State's decision, and a new correspondence has

arisen which (again at Your Honour's request) I have transmitted

to the Secretary of State. This was the only step which it was

left open for me to take, and by referring the matter to the

Secretary of State its disposal has been taken out of my hands.

3.

Your Honour asserts that "so far as you can

gather I have had several interviews with Mr. Seth whose explana

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