CO129-427 - Public Offices - 1915 — Page 140

After consulting the Chairman of the Municipal

Council, of which Mr. Hogg is unfortunately a

member, I sent for Mr. Hogg and told him very

plainly that such conduct could not be toler

ated and that if he persisted in it the Corps

would have to be dissolved. Mr. Hogg declined to

desist from his campaign and threatened to get

up another petition on the subject of the German

residents on Shameen addressed to the General

Officer Commanding, Hongkong. Unless Mr. Hogg

were in close communication with the General and

had reason to believe that the latter held views

different from my own, I hardly think that he

would have allowed himself to make this remark.

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I wrote officially to the Municipal Council

setting forth my own views as to the status and

raison d'etre of the Defence Corps. With these

views every member of the Council except Mr. Hogg

was in complete agreement and they were communica-

ted by the Council to the members of the Corps.

A threat by Mr. Hogg to circulate his own views

amongst the Corps led the Council to suggest that

he should resign his Councillorship but he

refused