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25/6/1915

The Under Secretary of State

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Messrs. Johnson Stokes & Master's reply, just received,

reads as follows:

"Youre twentyfourth; Broken off Shewana,

Wickings im-

practicable, obtained Governor's sanction Reiss, cable

when agreement concluded with them."

and we are cabling back tonight that all has been arranged with

Messrs. Reiss & Company.

We received on Wednesday letters from the Texas Company of which we prepared copies for your information and, although it no longer appeare necessary to trouble you with these letters,

you may after all be interested in reading them. The copies

are enclosed.

These letters show you how right we were in suspecting

Messrs. Shewan Tomes & Co. of endeavouring to get control of

thie business to our detriment, though they well knew that it

and we are belonged to us by contract with the Texas Company;

glad to see that our New York friends have not minced matters

in making the position clear to them.

They write that, as (STA)

far as this business was concerned, their duties finished as soon as they had disposed of the stock which was under their

control as liquidators of the German firm of Reuter Brockelmam

& Co.

As to the statutory declaration which you asked us for,

the Company's solicitors have promised to let us have it at