CO129-465 - Public Offices & Others - 1920 — Page 286

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in the Nineteenth Century and After of a signed article by one of our H. Kong Offloers, Mr. Urme, in which he sets out and explains this fully, I wish that Mr. H.G. Wells would

come to the defence of the customs of this domestic civilization, which in his Outline of

Ristory he compares so favourably with our own ).

The extreme difficulty of dealing with a

matter of this sort is the reason for the

oourse suggested in my minute on 43493.

Ar. Severn, Col. Sec. of H. Kong, 13 still

In London waiting for a passage out. His

address is 9 Earl's Court Square. He is a charming

man and has been in H. K. as Col. Sec. for

nearly nine years, and has administered the

Govt. for long spells. I suggest that Col. Amery should see him about this.

A.E.C.

13.11.20

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