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information received from His Britannic Majesty's Consul-Ceneral
at Canton, called out on the 8th of September. The call did not
affect Germans in this Colony since they cannot leave it without
my permission. But the call technically has rendered most of the 74 persons named in the list liable to serve. I may mention here that about 90 first reservists left the Colony shortly before,
the outbreak of war for Tsingtau.
3.
In justice to the German Consul I should also
explain here that when he furnished the list of German subjects who
were paroled on the 7th and 8th of August, he intimated that as he
had no census of German residents there might be others not includ-
ed in his list. The Police were accordingly instructed to make a
complete census of all Germans and Austrians in the Colony and the compilation of the list occupied some time. This may partly explain the discrepancy in the figures of those ultimately liable
for service, and accounts for the late date at which some of the
residents were paroled. Mr. Rosemann only returned to the Colony
recently.
4.
An examination of the list of names which accom-
panied Major-General Kelly's letter of the 5th instant shows that of the 74 persons named therein 48 are members of the German Club in this Colony. Among these members are comprised Mr.Gutecke and Mr. Hock, the lianager and Assistant Manager of the Deutschą- Asiatische Bank and many other well known business men who are either in charge of, or assistants in, German firms licensed to trade here. In this connection I may mention that on the departure of the German Consul Mr. A. Becker, Chairman of the German Club, and Mr. 0. Struckmeyer of the firm of Siemssen & Co., asked me on behalf of the Committee of the Club to report to them if there should be any complaint of misconduct on the part of any resident member of the Club in order to enable the expulsion from the Club of any member who should infringe his parole or otherwise
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