CO129-420 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [1-2] — Page 489

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The Honourable

Enclosure 7.

American Consular Service.

Hongkong, February 10, 1915.

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The Colonial Secretary,

Hongkong.

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 5 in 3360/14 of February 8, 1915, in regard to shipments of rubber for the United States.

I regret to report that, so far as this office can now see, this incident has been closed for all practical purposes by the action off the goverment of Java in securing the establish- -ment of a direct line of Dutch steamers from Java to the Pacific Coast of the United States and al line from Java to the East Coast of the United States by way of the Suez Canal. Shipments therefore which formerly came by way of Hongkong are now going direct and it is the occasion of regret on the part of this Consulate-General that present indications are that this loss of trade to this port is permanent.

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I feel impelled to express to the colonial -ment my conviction that the restrictions upon the kibba trade of Hongkong at this time are apparently of no material benefit to Great Britain or her Al lies in the present war while they are resulting in material loss to the trade of this port, much of which, since more direct routes are being developed, I do not believe will ever be regained.

It seems to me it would be practicable to secure some modification of all general restrictions as regards this part of the world so long as German, Austrian and Turkish power in this

part of the world is practically paralyzed as is the case at the

present