CO129-414 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [10-11] — Page 344

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Your Excellency,

In reply to Your Excellency's letter dated 17th

instant, No. 2123/1914, I forward copies of my cables to

the War Office on the subject of the Defence of the Realm

Act. To these I have received no answer.

I much regret that I did not realize that Your

Excellency awaited a reply to the letter under consider-

ation.

While I fear I cannot adduce reasons which will

be "very convincing" to Your Excellency, the experience

of the last two months has made quite clear to me on

military grounds the necessity for increasing my powers

of prompt action without reference to the Civil authorities.

The directions in which I consider increased

powers particularly desirable are right of access to any land or building, power of search of property and person,

clearing of any area, closing any undesirable premises,

power of arrest without warrant for action of a suspicious nature, restriction as to hours during which people may be out of their houses, restraint regarding showing lights, punishment for forgery of or tampering with passes, etc.

My own personal view is that paragraph III

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of the Order in Council dated 26th October, 1896, brought

into effect by Tour Excellency's Proclamation of 5th

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is Excellency

Sir F.H.May, K.C.M.G.,

Governor &c., Hongkong.

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