CO129-518-1 Chinese Telegraph Office in Hong Kong 28-6-1929 - 3-1-1930 — Page 28

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Telegraph Office until the Governor's consent had

This is he says, "due to Kong

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been obtained.

siu-lui"; and he begs that an order be issued for

the arrest and punishment of br. long, and that I

should be instructed "not to interfere any further,

in the interests of the sovereignty of cldna'.

kr. Lu Lust, of course, know that his allegation

against Er. hong is entirely false, and that 1r. Long

was definitely instructed by me not to hand over

charge of the office, although personally willing

to do so. In view of this fact, I shall be glad

if you will be good enough definitely to inform the

Chinese authorities concerned that La. Su Chih-yun

is not acceptable to this Government as Superintendent

of the Chinese Telograph Office in this colony.

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In order that there may be no nis-

understanding as to the attitude of the Hong Kong

Government in this matter, I have the honour to

inform you that, before a change is made on the

holder of the post of superintendent of the Chinese

Telegraph Office in long long, this Goverment will

require prior notification throu h you of the person

whom it is proposed to appoint, together with some description of his previous services and

qualifications for the post, in order that objection

may be taken by this Government, if the person

nominated is unacceptable. This Government will

also require assurances that the Superintendent, when

appointed, will confine himself to his work and

refrain from all political activities. It is

desired