Copy of Cablegram
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9516
RECE
REG 26 FEE 15
Hong-Kong, 19th February,1915,
Secretary, War Office.
266. German reservist named Peiper was caught passing through here with passport impersonating one Stewder a Swiss. Can I try him under Section forty six General Regulations Defence Realm Act which if law in England
applies to Hong-Kong, which is by Army Act Section forty
one. Sub-section five, under military law.
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Attorney General
surgeats trial for offence impersonation in order to obtain property, property being Provost Marshal's pass, under
Larceny Act, 1865. Latter seems far-fetched. Cable
advice.
0.0.0. South China.
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