HC Deb 14 April 1919 vol 114 cc2552-3W
Brigadier-General CROFT

asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been called to the fact that German missionaries in Hong Kong are reported to be actively engaged in undermining British interests; and whether he will take steps to repatriate all Germans from Hong Kong?

Lieutenant-Colonel AMERY

The only German missionaries in Hong Kong are eight women, who have been in charge of charitable institutions under supervision. They are now being sent back to Germany. All other German subjects have long since been removed from the Colony, with three exceptions, two of them only technically German subjects, and the third a man of British sympathies whose exemption was specially requested by the military authorities.

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