CO129-394 - Governor Sir May & Public Offices - 1912 [12] — Page 135

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RECO REGE 1 FEB 13

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

HONGKONG. 23rd. December, 1912.

With reference to the enclosed copy of a letter from His Majesty's Minister at Peking giving cover to a despatch to His Majesty's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on the subject of the election by Chinese resident abroad of representa- -tives to the Chinese National Assembly, I have the honour to transmit copy of a paragraph which appeared recently in the Native Press of this Colony.

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As soon as my attention was drawn to this article I interviewed the Chinese Members of the Legislative Council on the subject. They denied all knowledge of the origin of the article or of the "Electioneering Society of Chinese abroad and suggested that I should question the editors of the Chinese newspapers in the matter. The enclosed note of a conversa- -tion held with them by the Colonial Secretary and Registrar- -General shows that no explanation was forthcoming.

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Quite recently there passed through Hongkong Mr. Albert Ah Ket a Chinese born in Australia en route to Peking apparently as delegate from New South Wales to the National Assembly of China. He bore a letter of introduction to me from the Secretary for External Affairs, but unfortunately I did not

meet him.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P..

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