CO129-569-15 A.W. Brewin- queries on Brewin Charity and compensation for Chinese workmen 6-2-1938 - 6-2-1938 — Page 14

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Eyrefield,

Killiney,

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RECEIVED

2 6 MAY 1938

C. O. REGY

Dear Mr. Gent,

Co. Dublin.

24 May, 1938.

Please forgive the delay in answering your

letter of the 6th inst., but I thought it would be no harm

to think it over. The confusion into which the Hongkong

Government has fallen is justification enough for my insisting

on the real cause of my appeal to the Secretary of State.

You will remember that I explained to you at our interview

that it was not any anxiety about the Brewin Charity but a

wish that public assistance should be given on a substantial

scale to disabled workmen that prompted my letter.

I was

so anxious that there should be no misunderstanding that I

wrote later to you on the subject and you assured me that

you had made the point clear to the Hongkong Government.

But I now find the Hongkong Government, when asked by you

to do something for disabled workmen, replying that it is

"quite alright", that the S.C.A. is already in communication

with Mr. Brewin about the Brewin Charity!