CO129-498-11 Assistance for Mrs. Longinotto- widow of a former Assistant Crown Solicitor in Hong Kong 3-3-1926 - 11-10-1926 — Page 3

property belonged to her children, only to find that under Austrian law the Courts could appoint whoever

they liked to be guardians of the children thus

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landing herself in worse plight than ever. So far

as I understood the position when she called on me,

her property had been successfully reclaimed by the

former owner. Her boys had been taken away from her

guardianship, and she was neither allowed to see them

nor to have a home which she could call her own. I

pointed out to her the difficulties of our position

and advised her to get into touch with the British

Consul who would no doubt do what he could for her.

She replied that she was in communication with him

and that he was making enquiries about Austrian law

of guardianship, but that the prospects were not hopeful.

I heard nothing further on the matter until

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Mrs. Severn, the sister-in-law of Sir Claud Severn,

called on me the other day and told me that

Mrs.Longinotto had now been arrested in Austria.

reasons for the arrest were not very clear, but, so far

as Mrs.Severn could judge, she thought it highly

probable that Mrs. Longinotto had committed a breach

of the passport regulations. Apparently she was in

the habit of going to and from Austria without a visa

and had at last been caught out. I told Mrs.Severn

I did not see what we could do in the matter, but that

if she chose to write in and tell us what she knew,

we would see whether it was possible for the Foreign

Office to take the matter up.

I think that we can go so far as to write to

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