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KUNGL SVENSKA VICE KONSULATET

The Hon.

Sir,

HONGKONG

Hongkong, 28th January, 1916.

Referring to our conversation re seven (7) mail

bags ex the Swedish steamer "Japan" which mailbage, addressed to the Post Offices in Shanghai and Japan, were handed over to the care of the Captain of the said steamer by the Swedish Post

Office in Gothenburg, and being without any official information

as to the rules and regulations now in force and referred to by

you, I hereby, on behalf of the said Captain, beg to protest

against the above mentioned mailbags being removed from the S.S.

"Japan" as all the bags were dispatched by a neutral Post

Office on board a neutral steamer, and consigned to a neutral

port in China and to ports in Japan.

As the said Captain is responsible for mails taken on board at Gothenburg, I herewith have the honour to

request you to be good enough to furnish this Vice Consulate

with a statement to the effect that the General Post Office

here ordered the mailbags for China and Japan to be handed in to the General Post Office for the purpose of having the bags

opened and the mail censored,

The Postmaster General,

Hongkong.

I have, etc.. (SD.)

Gunnar Ludin,

Acting Vice Consul.