CO129-550-6 Rex v. Ng Loi Yuen- request review of trial and exercise of prerogative of mercy... 22-11-1934 - 21-12-1934 — Page 13

TELEGRAMS

INMISCO, KNIGHTS,LONDON TELEPHONE

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EDINBURGH HOUSE

2, EATON GATE

LONDON, S.W.I

19th December 1934

The Rt Hon. Lord Plymouth,

The Colonial Office, S.W. 1.

Dear Lord Plymouth,

I have had a letter from my friend the Bishop of

Victoria (Hong Kong) in which he tells me that he has written

(1) to the Secretary of State with regard to the possibility of

a reprieve in the Nullah murder case. The subject is not one

on the merits of which it would be proper for me to express

any opinion and the information in the Bishop's letter is much

too slight for me to form any judgment at all. I write,

however, to let you know, in case the information may be of

any service, that I have known the Bishop intimately for many

years and that I regard him as having as good a knowledge of

the feelings and mentality of the Chinese as anyone that I

know in the Far East. He spent some years in China before he

was appointed Bishop of Victoria and showed that he had unusual

gifts in understanding the Chinese. He is also a person in

whose judgment in general I have much confidence.

This letter

is not an endorsement of any views that he may have expressed,

of which I am in complete ignorance, but merely to let you know

something about him if his letter comes to your attention.

I am,

Yours very sincerely,

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