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Any further communication on this subject

should be addresscd 10-

The Under Secretary of State for India,

Public Department,

India Office,

London, S. W.

and the following reference quoted:—

Lecret.

INDIA OFFICE,

32979

Page 17 Jeky

WHITEHALL,

LONDON, SW.

16th July, 1915.

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0

Sir,

With reference to the correspondence en-

closed with your Secret letter of the 13th instant,

No. 31403, on the subject of German-American intrigues,

I am directed by Mr. Secretary Chamberlain to suggest

that, if Mr. Secretary Bonar Law sees no objection,

the Governors of Hongkong and the Straits Settlements

may be informed by telegram that Mr. Bohm and his

companion Mr. Albert Wehde (who may be accompanied

by persons named Emil Merz and Acholz) are believed

to have chartered a schooner at Manila and to have

sailed on the 14th instant for Pontianak in Dutch

Borneo. It is possible that they intend to take

arms to China, but, as Mr. Bonar Law is aware, there

is

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.