CO129-437 - Public Offices - 1916 — Page 211

No. 25.

Fuel

44 in Sir J. Jordan's No. 4 treaty of Mar 9, 1916. Acting Consul-General, Canton, to Minister.

H. B. M. Consulate-General,

Canton,

209

(Copy to Hongkong).

sir.

February 16th, 1916.

With reference to my despatches No. 22 of the 14th

instant and ko. 117 of December 16th last, I have the

honour to forward copy of a letter dated February 15th,

with enclosure, from Kr. Volpicelli, Consul-General for

Italy.

kort

I have the honour to request that, at the request

of His Excellency the Governor of hongkong, I had Mr.

Volpicelli watched during his visite to Canton when he was

in residence as Consul-General at Mongkong, and in ugust

last I informed his excellency that Mr. Volpicelli had

visited the German Consulate on two occasions, August 19th

and 25th.

On December 9th the Governor of Hongkong in an of-

ficial letter asked for information whether Mr. Volpicelli

intended to transfer the Italian Consulate-General from

hongkong to Canton and requested that his movements at

Canton should as far as possible be watched. Mr. Volpi-

celli visited the German Consulate on December 15th and

30th and this fact was duly communicated to hongkong. I

withdrew the observations on his movemente in the middle

of last month. in February 12th I received atelegram

from the Governor of Mongkong stating that his majesty's

Ambassador

Right Honourable

Sir John N. Jordan,C.C.I.E...‚K.C.b.,^.C.M.G..

etc..

etc..

etc.,

His Majesty's Minister,

PEK IN G.