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all over the Official Report of
China Isee in
House of
the
the first declaration o
April 26th 14.20 (paragrapho 998.999)
That Col. Ward Haling that the Secretary of
Commons Debate on of China where this can be done. I mad Enquiries from
that Hong Kong in the saly price within the 2156 barsity
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New Republic
stringent
in
Law of the
China "Was
the abolition of Havery
the Chinese
Consulate in London & was
told that any
purchasing of
human beings
Kind of
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mui tsni" included was
The buying is telling of absolutely illegal & i
human beings even for
adoption or
or in
amy
any
Litter
You
Jur
Tell me that
or selling is not
"other purpose buying other quiz" legal in our Colony_
En Fermande.
Far East Best
Downing Street,
275
26 August, 1920.
Dear Madam,
In Colonel Amery's absence abroad, I ventured to
open your letter of the 20th instant.
Colonel Amery will be away for a week or two, but immediately on his return I will lay it before him. Meanwhile, however, I have made some enquiries on the subject of your letter and find that the statement made by the Governor of Hong Kong, to which you refer, was made in reply to our enquiry as to a newspaper article on the information contained in which Colonel Ward's statement in In order the House of Commons appears to have been based. to get some really trustworthy evidence we are asking the Foreign office to ascertain from our representatives in Peking whether the custom of purchasing "mui tsai" is legal or illegal and (which is a very different question) whether
it persists in China or not.
ELEANOR TALKER.
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