CO129-446 - Others & Individuals - 1917 — Page 585

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In acknowledging this letter we thought it

desirable to point out how unjustifiable was the President's

suggestion that we had been aiming to bring about the

"complete separation" of the Extension. Attention was

directed to the fact that we had throughout contemplated

leaving the management and control entirely in the hands of

the Executive Committee and that we had agreed that both

Bryanston Square and the Hongkong Extension should be

administered as distinct parts of one Hospital under the

same President, the same Executive Committee, the same

Medical Staff and the same Lady Superintendent.

The

question was asked how, in face of this, it could be alleged

that our stipulations involved complete separation or in

any way infringed the conditions of the original agreement.

Finally, it was pointed out that a generous interpretation

by the Committee of the terms of the original agreement, far

from leading to the realisation of the fear expressed by the

President that it would prove detrimental to the interests of

the Hospital, held out a better prospect of its expansion

than could be looked for from unreasoning resistance to the

Colony's clear right to be recognised as sponsor for the

Extension