CO129-427 - Public Offices - 1915 — Page 83

self-governing Dominions, and to

request the Colonies which do not

possess responsible Government,

to adopt such measures as the

Admiralty, the War Office and

the Foreign Office may deem advisable,

and I am to point out that the

Law Officers' Opinion of the 31st

of March last, to which

reference is made in your letter

was not communicated to this

Office, and that no copy of this

Opinion appears to have reached

the Office, until a copy was

obtained informally from the

Foreign Office after the receipt

of your letter under acknowledgment.

In this imprexin. I aut refer to the FV

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a to invite reference

to the letter from this Office of

the 21st of June last, summarizing

the instructions regarding censorship which have been,

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Kong and other colonies not

possessing responsible government,

and also to your reply of the 1st

July, in accordance with which

revised instructions as to the

censorship of the mails were sent

by telegram to the Governor of

Hong Kong on the 5th July, A copy

of this telegram was sent to the

Foreign Office on the 7th July.

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In your letter of the 1st

inster, it was intimated that it was

not considered desirable to revise

the general instructions as to

in the case censorship to blac

of those of His Majesty's Oversea

Dominions which had not made any

request for increased powers

of censorship.

I am to enquire it is to be understood theat whether ir E.Grey adheres to those

views, both as regards the Eastern

Colonies other than Hong Kong, and

especially the Straits Settlements,

and