CO129-449 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1918 [7-9] — Page 207

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 29th. July, 1918.

I have the honour to inform you that the

enclosed letter was recently published in the local press following upon the sad occurrence at Tai O which forms the Go subject of a separate Despatch.

Enclosure L

46021

Mr. E. V. Hamilton is acting as District Officer (South). Recently I have arranged that Är. Eldon Potter, Barrister-at-law, who has been exempted by the Military Service Tribunal, should take over the duties of Mr. Hamilton in order to release the latter to replace some young man for active service. It is understood that the Government will have

the claim on the whole of Mr. Potter's time.

2.

Mr. Hamilton, who is a capable and industrious officer, protested to Government against the gratuitous libel contained in the letter, and I gave him permission to defend himself. His solicitors wrote to the three newspapers which had published the libel with the result that the "South China Morning Post" published the paragraph

in terms dictated by the Solicitors, of which I enclose a

copy. The "Hongkong Daily Press" and "China Mail", however,

published the different and obnoxious version of which a copy is also enclosed. As these newspapers refused to modify these

letters

b.l.

3.10.15

HE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WALTER LONG, M.P.

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&c..