To the Editor of the "Norri-Cutna Daur News."
Siry—In your issue of the lst instant you quote from "The South China Morning Post" a letter written by one of the shipowners who suffered and I would like to make one point quite clear.
Under Paragraphs "A". " and "Br. the Attorney General laboured the point as to the risk the Hongkong Government took and tried to get the Imperial Government to take over in accepting the war risk op the steamers.
The most amusing feature of this is that while the Hongkong Government were apparently—carrying such war risk, they kept the secret so well that shipowners were not informed that war risk was covered and I defy any Government servant in Hongkong to produce any document showing that the owners of the str. Wollowra were notified that the boat was covered for a specific sum under a Government war risk ohoy or any other war risk policy.
further as the Honourable Mr A. G. M. Fletcher is still trailing the red herring re Imperial Government and the Naval Commod"ne, etc., being responsible—may I _remind him that this also was a Government secret and if he will look up a certain notice of Requisition and Contro! dated. March 13, i913, and headed "Colonial Secretary's, Office, Hongkong" he will see that it was signed by the Honourable Claude Severn and stated that the Governor of Hongkong etc., etc.
Under this document, how does he make out that the actual requisition was carried' out by the Naval Commodore.
Iam, ete, OE. R. Berwin
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