CO129-384 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 391

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of the Two Kwang Provinces, and I entertained him at lunch. He expressed himself as most anxious to co-operate in every way

with this Government. On January 20th he addressed a letter

to the Consul-General complaining that the increasing prevalence

of the crime of kidnapping &c., was due to the fact that crimin-

als took refuge in Yaumati in this Colony, and if he desired to

obtain their extradition he found that they got news of the

fact and effected their escape. Mr. Jamieson forwarded me a

copy of this letter, and in my reply dated 10th February, 1911,

I pointed out that I had already made almost identical represen-

tations through the Congul-Gereral a year before (10th January,

1910) and had invited co-operation, without any practical result,

and I added that if information were given to the Hongkong

Police arrests could be made with rapidity and secrecy.

4.

On February 24th last according to custom I paid an

official visit to the new Viceroy, and he entertaired no at

lunch. While still at table to my surprise, he broached the

subject of co-operation between the two Governments especially

in the matter of suppression of crime. I responded cordially

and said that there were many suggestions which I could make

but they were matters of executive detail which were more fitted:

for practical discussion between the Heads of the Police of the

two Administrations than between ourselves.

He replied that

he would send a responsible man to talk the matter over.

5. As soon as lunch was over His Excellency asked me if

I would join him in a private room, for conversation.

Having

no idea what he wished to geak about, and expecting Mr. Jamie- son would be present, I asked that Mr. Clementi might be present also, as I thought his memory would perhaps be better than my own, if precedents or figures were referred to, --and I was naturally anxious, so far as the Hongkong Government was con-

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