2003/1915.
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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 14th March, 1916.
SIR,-I am directed to inform you that a petition addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been forwarded to His Excellency the Governor by Mr. H. E. Pollock. In a covering letter to the Secretary of State a passage occurs $ 7 page 15. of which I enclose a copy.
I am to enquire whether Mr. Pollock approached you and Mr. Lau Chu-pak or either of you on the subject of your signing the petition, and if he did approach yon what your reply was.
The Honourable
Mr. WEI YUK, C.M.G.
2003/1915.
I am, &c.,
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,
HONGKONG, 14th March, 1916.
SIR,-I am directed to inform you that a petition addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been forwarded to His Excellency the Governor by Mr. H. E. Pollock. In a covering letter to the Secretary of State a passage occurs § 7 page 15. of which I enclose a copy.
I am to enquire whether Mr Pollock approached you and Mr. Wei Yuk or either of you on the subject of your signing the petition, and if he did approach you what your reply was.
The Honourable
Mr. LAU CHU-PAK.
I am, &c.,
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
HONGKONG, 15th March, 1916.
SIR,-We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No. 2003/1915 dated the 14th instant enclosing a copy of an extract from Mr. H. E. Pollock's letter, &c.
In reply, we beg to state that Mr. Pollock had twice spoken to us on the subject of the petition to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and we suggested that we had better be left alone as we had heard no mention of the matter by the Chinese public nor had they approached us on the question.
We have, &c.,
WEI YUK.
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary,
&c.
&c.
&c.,
LAU CHU-PAK.
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