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George E. Anderson, Esq.,

United States Consul-General,

Hongkong.

Hongkong, 30th October, 1914.

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At a representative meeting of the German firms and

Germans held today to discuss questions of general interest and

matters bearing upon their present position in the Colony, it has been resolved to put the following before you and to invite you as

Consul-General of the United States in charge of German interests

to kindly communicate this resolution to the Authorities of this

Colony.

Whilst the German firms fully residu recognise and heartily appreciate the treatment which they have received since

the outbreak of war and until a week ago at the hands of the Hong

Kong Government, they cannot help feeling and give expression to a very keen disappointment at the sudden and most unexpected change

which has come over them during the last few days. In doing so they certainly mean and wish to observe the utmost respect and deference to the Government under whose protection they have been permitted to trade freely since the earliest days of the Colony, and it is in no way in the sense of unbecoming criticism that they wish to put their position before the Government. Having been put aghast however by the suddenness and the severity of the laws enacted against them they beg leave to present their case.

The majority of the undersigned German firms have been established in the Colony for over 30 years, and some of them up to fifty and even close on 70 years. Whilst naturally trading for their own benefit, they think that they may justly claim to have contributed in no small way to the development, growth and