CO129-428 - Public Offices - 1915 — Page 87

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FOREIGN OFFICE

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November 8th 1915.

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Your Excellency:-

With reference to my note of the 21st Septem❤ ber last in reply to Your Excellency's enquiry of the 31st August respecting Monsieur Volpicelli, the Italian Consul General at Hongkong, I have the honour to state that according to a despatch which has now been received from the Governor of Hongkong he informed Monsieur Volpicelli in August isst that in view of his repeated visi te to the German Consul at Canton and his refusal

to give an undertaking not to continue them he would not be allowed in future to leave Hongkong for

Canton.

Monsieur Volpicelli is stated to have replied

that he would remove his Consulate General to Can-

ton. I am enquiring whether he has actually done

The Governor states that he would not object t this step if Monsieur Volpicelli did not visit

Hongkong again during the war.

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I have the honour to add that the matter is

being brought to the notice of the Italian Government

I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration,

Your Excellency's most obedient,

humble Servant,

His Excellency

Monsieur Cambon,

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