CO129-404 - Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1913 [10-12] — Page 7

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My dear meR. Word.

Downing Street,

24 November, 1913.

I think you will be interested to ase the

enclosed despatch from the Officer Administering the

Government of HongKong on the subject of the Colony's

Military Centribution.

I understand from a private letter which

has been received from Mr. Severn that the unofficial

members of the Legislative Council of the Colony

are frantic about the Centribution, though they have

not yet gone to the length of resigning in a body as

the unofficial members of the Legislative Council of

the Straits Settlements did in 1895.

It is,

however, te be gathered from the language which Mr.

Severn uses that it is quite possible that the

unofficial members may yet take this step.

Will

please return

despatch to time where

You

the have read it.

Toms very sincerely

(sd) 1. Harcourt

Tay