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Hongkong Companies.

C. O.

45145/618

RECEIVED (Red 23 EC 05)

The Hongkong Authorities hold that no action can be taken in the colonial courts against the "Hankow Daily Times", registered as a Hongkong Company, for seditious or other libels published by it in China and that its registration cannot be dealt with in consequence of such offences. The company's members and employés are held to be justiciable by the authorities of their own nationality only. The result may be that the company, its American chief shareholder and managing director and its Chinese editor are all under separate jurisdiction and laws and an offence by the one law may not be punishable by one or other of the other laws, though to the Chinese authorities and the general public the whole concern continues to appear to be under British protection. It would seem only just that a Hongkong Company doing business entirely beyond the bounds of the colony should on proof of the conviction of its directorate on a criminal charge be removed from the register.

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Hongkong Companies.C. O.45145/618RECEIVED (Red 23 EC 05)The Hongkong Authorities hold that no action can be taken in the colonial courts against the "Hankow Daily Times", registered as a Hongkong Company, for seditious or other libels published by it in China and that its registration cannot be dealt with in consequence of such offences. The company's members and employés are held to be justiciable by the authorities of their own nationality only. The result may be that the company, its American chief shareholder and managing director and its Chinese editor are all under separate jurisdiction and laws and an offence by the one law may not be punishable by one or other of the other laws, though to the Chinese authorities and the general public the whole concern continues to appear to be under British protection. It would seem only just that a Hongkong Company doing business entirely beyond the bounds of the colony should on proof of the conviction of its directorate on a criminal charge be removed from the register.

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Hongkong Companies.C. O.45145 618RECE (Red 23 EC 05The Hongkong Authorities hold that no action can be taken in the colonial courts against the "Hankow Daily Times", registered as a Hongkong Company, for seditious or other libels published by it in China and that its registration cannot be dealt with in conse-quence of such offences. The company's members and employés are held to be justiciable by the authorities of their own nationality only. The result may be that the company, its American chief shareholder and managing director and its Chinese editor are all under separate jurisdiction and laws and an offence by the one law may not be punishable by one or other of the other laws, though to the Chinese authorities and the general public the whole concern continues to appear to be under British protection. It would seem only Just that a Hongkong Company doing business entirely beyond the bounds of the colony should on proof of the conviction of its directorate on a criminal charge be removed from the register.

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Hongkong Companies.

C. O.

45145 618

RECE

(Red 23 EC 05

The Hongkong Authorities hold that no action can

be taken in the colonial courts against the "Hankow

Daily Times", registered as a Hongkong Company, for

seditious or other libels published by it in China and

that its registration cannot be dealt with in conse-

quence of such offences. The company's members and

employés are held to be justiciable by the authorities

of their own nationality only. The result may be

that the company, its American chief shareholder and

managing director and its Chinese editor are all under

separate jurisdiction and laws and an offence by the

one law may not be punishable by one or other of the

other laws, though to the Chinese authorities and the

general public the whole concern continues to appear

to be under British protection. It would seem only

Just that a Hongkong Company doing business entirely

beyond the bounds of the colony should on proof of the

conviction of its directorate on a criminal charge be

removed from the register.

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