CO129-420 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [1-2] — Page 446

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TELEGRAM. The Governor of HongKong to the Secretary of State

for the Colonies.

(Received Colonial Office 8.55 a.m.17th February, 1915)

February 17th.

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With reference to your telegram of January 25th, I object to Schluter, who is a German except for the accident of

There is no his birth in London and of German parentage. objection to Cheetham, who is English except that he is in the German firm Reuter Brockelmann. It is possible that it is

desired to employ him merely in order to keep the latter firm

alive in HongKong till after the war. There are many local British firms by whom Sandersrehders agency could be undertaken

auccessfully and before I reply to the latter regarding Cheetham I should be glad if I might be informed by you whether

any policy of suppressing German trade in order to enable

British firms to capture it underlies your cypher telegram

dated October 16th.

MAY.