the matter of principle is application of it
the worst part of the
My, the application to persons:
Alleged of an offence.
C. The right of British subjects to be withdrawn from the jurisdiction
of Chinese Courts would
present
little
difficulty
but for the circumstance,
that many of the persons who claim this privilege
are
of Chinese birth and
therefore undistinguishable
by
the
eye from
Chinese subjects. This
makes the immunity very perplexing to Chinese authorities and I dare say really mischievous in
aiding criminals to baffle justice.
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The matter hence
would be for the Foreign Office alone except
that it affects the
question of extradition (as I have observed) as
well as that of
jurisdiction
of exclusive
that Sir R. Alcock
proposed a system of
register and certificating British subjects of Chinese
origin; which
of course
will affect Hong Kong where
the registration will take
place.
Having regard to the
skill...