CO129-440 - Others & Individuals - 1916 — Page 766

405

vel onst

bien au ut exin OJ

ง 0.38

+

Hoivapink divju at „šas (stasy ovikytnerė nedt 8702 IRYANTOV50 whofyna ent" :tait trovataju golganud ait pasjaot −1.30 #1B 8*96 del, uro buel dotshw al gone,e yas not‡lites? eidoo bas'3104 ! "hanxes

boot 0.30 não enggau rod eidavoted beebat at di em of sumido neju muljatuint al suotien ou juis bon etaj sa down eaps:

„Laud old. Tonon old ne ! ustoli U Broquet ( KITSOJOU (STB, nii tupatře snu gizi edki sida.

ان

3

walathoog od b. tank dne, al‡ bínou mal bri

tw okow meg said foal adt atbefont) ataívolting gra

si Bismis ii 1.

53.

2 Ije te weitlosed Toog -

Ly

? qozaju ulat tot gaaqENG

joq Claustrajaya jik laat gui cl

WIgulo 07 Zatgaolod co

97 1891. pt,lokaatuse klutti 8 6.

„KONÆ Stazed; [ut ↑ quiltdienuqson 19. art no vision NUING VIBg out to guztiopne tuodzin uldi gali ton viikenn

15- to FUTAI AME , VOUS I. Uvt Isten

set of tlaq

*

JOHL ML

BTAINI

edt lot -

--

wil tuo 20 tada m

Pos Tat

#GAS 201

barından vismībudz

* itel wod

edi gattqevos tinə novo ma k

ZA STÅNGEST Pw zadt sze. I figur

noqu tb #i wa bejba tr

J

Pelten eng Dan

..

- 10 J

pan jika u Jea. I. strogak Just

Thomas Buxoi od# yaidosoT.:

↑ joy of berol nadw ECO

fiatzet ma

.08. 101 I

Messrs. L.Reiss Bros.& Co.,London,

Mesars.Reiss & Co., Hongkong.

-

765

June 1st, 1916.

and I do indeed wonder what Mr. Stabb, the Hongkong manager, and Sir Charles Addie and Mr. Jones, its London managers, will think of this so- cusation of yours; and my counsel is ourious to know what his confreres in London would say to this pretty Hongkong story, as he calls it.

Moreover, there is your second breach, referred to on a pre- ▼iqua page and committed in Hongkong on the 19th or 20th May, i.e. after Bongkeng had heard from you in London that the Bank hud urged upon the Texas Co. your firm's appointment and after Hongkong knew that the Bank had been refused; and yet, this second breach was committed, in the light of which the denial of your first breach acens more strange than ever.

Now as to the serious statement: "Hongkong Government refuses port and cable facilities any agency in which Sanders, Rehders are con- oerned", it is of course quite evident that Sir. F.H. May has never made this sweeping statement (unless certain representations or rather mis- representations have been made to him), seeing that it would be in di- reat contradiation to the following bare facts:

(A) that the Colonial Office informed my Company on the 4th January last, that H.E. the Governor, after stating t.at Mr.Chectham had resigned his post, was prepared to recognize Mesura, Reise & Co.. provided they be appointed my Outpany's agenta, N.B. Both you in London and Hongkong are well aware of this; in fact a copy of this very letter is in your hands,

(B) that not only did we offer to appoint you our agents,

but

we proposed to give you a far stronger hold upon this business, name-

i

i