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In any further communication

on this subject, please quote

No. 34667/12.

and address

The Under Secretary of State.

Foreign Office.

Fondon.

C.

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26100

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FOREIARGED AUG 12}

August 19th, 1912.

immediate.

Six: -

In reply to your letter of the 14th instant You. (25552) with regard to the question of proclaiming

a public holiday in Hongkong on the occasion of the

Funeral of the Emperor of Japan, I am directed by

Secretary Sir E. Grey to state, for the information

of Mr. Secretary Harcourt, that he has been in tele-

graphic communication on the subject with His

Majesty's Ambassador at Tokio, who sees no necessity

to adopt the suggestion put forward by the Japanese

Consul at Hongkong.

Sir E. Grey concurs in the view expressed by

Sir C. MacDonald.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am, Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Explo