In any further communication on this subject, please quote
No. 42629/08.
and address-
The Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign Office,
London.
REL 545
(Res 22 DEC 08
FOREIGN OFFICE
December 24, 1908.
Jordan Nov. 7
Sir:-
I am directed by Secretary Sir E. Grey to transmit
to you herewith, for the information of the Secretary
of State for the Colonies, copy of a despatch from His
Majesty's Minister in Peking, respecting a difference
in the views taken by His Majesty's Consul-General at
Canton and by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of Hong Kong as to the jurisdiction of the Hong Kong
Courts.
I am to state that it appears to Sir E. Grey, as
at present advised, that the view expressed by the
Consul General is correct, but that he would be glad
to be favoured with any observations on the matter
which Lord Crewe, after consulting his legal advisers,
may be good enough to offer.
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
I am, Sir,
Your most obedient,
humble Servant,
W. Langley