CO129-424 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [9-10] — Page 447

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From

Enclosure 1.

The General Officer Commanding.

China Command.

To

The Secretary,

War Office,

Sir,

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56940

REC

REA 10 DEC 15

London, S.W.

Hongkong, 21st.October, 1915.

I have the honour to forward the enclosed copy of

,a report by the Consul-General for the United States of America at

Hongkong to the Honourable the Secretary of State at Washington,

on his recent inspection of the Prisoners of War Comp here and to

make the following remarks thereon.

1.

report

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Regarding the sug astion marked A on page 3 of the

that the Prisoners of War should be allowed free access

to the Consul-General I am of opinion that to allow this would

give rise to an unnecessary amount of correspondence. I think the

Prisers of War may well be left under direct and absolute

Brition management without interference by the United States of

America's Consul-General also that the British management may well

be trusted to refer to the United States of America's Consul-

-General if necessary.

2.

English

than British (B page 4 of report)

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More freedom as to writing letters in German rather

Sanction is given for the

writing of letters in German in special cases. To give it too

freely would throw ad·litional work on the Censor dealing with the

in German, correspondence, so it is not encouraged.

3.

Food (C on page 3) My Deputy Director General of

liedical Services informs me that the food ration from a Medical

point of view is quite satisfactory.

A slightly tuberculous patient or one with weak

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