CO129-414 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [10-11] — Page 288

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SECRET.

Sir,

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 5th November, 1914.

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In continuation of my secret despatch of the 23rd

October, I have the honour to transmit the enclosed paraphrases and translations of cypher and code telegrams exchanged with you

on the subject of the war.

2.

I shall address you separately on the subject of the application to the Colony of regulations of the nature to be

found under the Defence of the Realm Act.

3.

Your cypher telegram and your code telegram of the

30th October and 1st of November were published in a Gazette

Extraordinary on the 1st instant.

4.

The instructions conveyed in your various telegrams

have been carried out.

5.

The maxin guns and ammunition are awaiting shipment, but some little delay may occur in despatching them as steamers sailing for Durban are infrequent. The matter is in the hands of

the Naval Authorities.

6.

Everything remains quiet in the Colony, but there has been a considerable exodus of Chinese, which still continues, who cannot afford to live here in the present depression of trade. Trade shows little signs of recovering from the dislocation it har suffered and the unfavourable situation is much aggravated by the

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT,

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M.P.

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