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HONGKONG,

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,

24th. February, 1915.

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With reference to your code telegram of the

25th. ultimo, translation of which is enclosed, I have the honour to inform you that the result of enquiries made by His Britannic Majesty's Consul-General at Canton, where Mr. Hakon Schluter is at present employed in the firm of Messrs. Reuter Bröckelmann and Company, is that Mr. Schluter was born in London of German parents; that his father belonged to Charlottenburg; that he spoke in- -perfect English; spent his last leave to Europe in Germany and was very pro-German in his sympathies. The last three facts had been previously reported to me by the Military Authorities here who have kr. Schlüter on their list of suspected spies. In the face of these facts it was impossible for me to allow ir. Schlüter to establish himself at the present juncture in Hongkong.

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Enquiries concerning kr. Humphrey Cheetham had to be made in Shanghai, where he is employed in the same firm aa Mr. Schlüter belongs to, and I regret the delay in obtaining the necessary information to en ble me to come to a decision. His Britanic Majesty's Consul-General at Shanghai was not acquainted with Mr. Cheetham, who seems to be little known in Shanghai, and his enquiries therefore took some time. Finally I ascertained that Mr. Cheetham is an Englishman who was formerly in the employ of Kesars. Jardine, Matheson and Company and of Messrs. Probst

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HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,

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