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        "id": 455075,
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        "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案",
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        "document_key": "CO129-423 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [7-8]",
        "page_number": 468,
        "title": "CO129-423 - Governor Sir May - 1915 [7-8]",
        "content_text": "## Paraphrase of CYPHER Telegram From SECRETARY OF STATE To GOVERNOR, HONGKONG.\n\n4th August, 1915.\n\nThe answers to your question in your cypher telegram of 13th July are as follows:-\n\n1. For trading purposes Germans in China are enemies under the new proclamation; for prize court purposes in accordance with the judgment of the Prize Court at Alexandria in the \"Derfflinger\" case. The only remaining question is whether they are enemies for the purpose of acts forbidden by common law, that is non-commercial intercourse. It seems likely that this is so and that the British court in China would so hold, but the matter does not seem to be of importance.\n\n2. The answer is yes: but the question is not likely to arise often since French and Russian ships are forbidden to carry such goods and Japanese ships have been asked not to do so. Should a case arise there seems to be no reason why the power of seizure should not be used.\n\n3. All such contracts become illegal but in certain cases licences are to be issued and the British representative at Peking has received instructions. As regards German customs officers boarding British ships it is considered to be undesirable for political reasons to interfere.\n\n4. This is covered by the instructions mentioned in the reply to question 3.\n\n5. Companies must be considered British but difficulties will be met sufficiently by the China Companies Order-in-Council which will shortly be passed together with the new Trading with the Enemy Act passed on 17th June.\n\n6. On this point you will receive a further communication. This was answered in my cypher telegram of 30th July.\n\n7. This can be dealt with by licence. The statement that there is no local power to grant such licences seems to be incorrect; your power to issue licences is...",
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        "id": 457344,
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        "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案",
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        "document_key": "CO129-427 - Public Offices - 1915",
        "page_number": 86,
        "title": "CO129-427 - Public Offices - 1915",
        "content_text": "(97966/15)\n\nMemorandum on the points raised by the\n\nGovernor of Hong Kong in his telegram\n\nof July 13th.\n\n62\n\nThe general question put at the beginning of the\n\ntelegram will be most conveniently dealt with by answering\n\nthe specific questions which follow.\n\n1.\n\nThis question is fully dealt with in the letter\n\nfrom the Colonial Office to the Foreign Office of July\n\n12th (28314/15). The result may be summed up as follows:\n\nGermans in China are enemies for trading purposes under\n\nthe Proclamation of June 25th; they are enemies for\n\nPrize Court purposes under the \"Derfflinger\" judgment\n\nand the recent opinion of the Attorney-General and Mr.\n\nMaurice Hill. The only question therefore remaining is\n\nwhether they are to be regarded as enemies for the purpose\n\nof acts forbidden only by the common law, which\n\nmay roughly be described as \"non-commercial\" intercourse.\n\nIf they are, then such persons are enemies for all purposes.\n\nThe Colonial Office are inclined to take this view,\n\n8\n\n[...",
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        "id": 457359,
        "series_id": 27,
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        "series_title": "CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案",
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        "document_key": "CO129-427 - Public Offices - 1915",
        "page_number": 101,
        "title": "CO129-427 - Public Offices - 1915",
        "content_text": "F.O.\n\n25157/15\n\n4. Kom\n\nSubstance\n\nCMO\n\nSent\n\n3/8/15\n\n97\n\nIn eryther 1.45 þ\n\nDRAFT.\n\nJel\n\nyou\n\n(substance\n\nH. Kong\n\nto\n\nIn refly\n\n(32282) 13\n\nIn cypher)\n\nfollowing\n\nThe\n\nyour\n\nI\n\nYour\n\ntel\n\nof\n\nin cypher)\n\nQmQ\n\nques.\n\nGennems\n\nemmamete\n\nthe\n\nAnswer\n\nin\n\nChuma\n\nfor\n\ntrading\n\nMINUTE.\n\nMr. Discor\n\n2nd August\n\nMr. Ruslary 2/8/15\n\nMr. Collins\n\nMr.\n\nSir G. Fiddes.\n\nSir H. Just.\n\nSir J. Anderson.\n\nMr. Steel-Maitland.\n\nMr. Bonar Law.\n\n2.8.\n\nfor purposes\n\nProclamation\n\nCount\n\nCount\n\ncare\n\nunder\n\nthe\n\nrent\n\nfor\n\nPrize\n\naccordance\n\nPrize\n\ninvestigation\n\nfor purposes\n\njudgment of the\n\nAlexandria\n\nDerfflingen.\n\nremaining\n\n12.\n\n2\n\non\n\ncons on\n\nfree\n\nminutes)\n\nThe only question\n\nwhether\n\nfor\n\nthey\n\nforeshore\n\nake\n\nemer\n\nries\n\nof\n\nacto\n\nforbidden\n\nlow\n\nthe\n\nCommoner\n\nie.\n\nmon\n\nIt\n\ncommercial\n\naffairs\n\nintercourse\n\nthis\n\nis\n\nso\n\nprobable\n\nthat\n\nthat\n\nBritish Count\n\nChimar\n\nwal\n\nSo\n\ndecide but",
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