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1 any further communication on the subject, please quole

No. W.200196/15.

and address-

The Under Secretary of State,

Foreign Office,

Confidential.

London.

Sir:-

857 Reg 6. Jan 1916.

FOREIGN OFFICE

15

January 5th, 1916.

I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to

acknowledge the receipt of your letter, 56946/1915,

of the 28th ultimo, enquiring whether, in Sir E. Grey's

opinion, the Governor of Hong Kong should be

authorised to take power to order the internment, for

the duration of the war, of certain persons not alien

enemies.

In reply I am to state that Sir E. Grey considers

that it would doubtless be advisable for the Governor

to receive power to deal during the war with persons,

not alien enemies, who are dangerous to the safety of

the colony. I am, however, to remark that the

questions as to whether the Governor already possesses

such power by virtue of his Warrant of Appointment, or

whether it should be conferred upon him by the legisla-

tion of the colony, appear to be for the Colonial

Authorities and the Colonial Office assisted by their

respective legal advisers, rather than this Department

to consider and decide.

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

I am, Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble Servant,

Maurice de Arman