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meet the difficulties of working
which he pointed out in his letter.
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I did so and he replies in the
letter herewith, dated 1.10.22
I do not cumber this
minute with all the various suggestions
made as they are fully set out in
the correspondence, but I annex
a brief sumary of the result
marked A, which Sir E.Stubbs has
seen and accepts as an accurate statement of your scheme as modi-
fied by him. He tells me he thinks
this will probably work, especially
if, while firm on the main points,
we show every desire to listen to
the Chinese on minor points and
so carry them with us.
You also directed a care-
ful search through the answers
given in Parliament to see whether
the solution you had indicated as
possible was in any way inconsistent with any undertaking given by the Secretary of State. You will see
that this search has been made, and
that the only possible objection
that could be taken on that score
is that the procedure now proposed may conceivably not bring the whole
scheme into operation within twelve
months. But, as is pointed out,
the
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the Ordinance will have been passed, and the engagement of any fresh mui-tsai
prohibited within the Secretary of State s
time limit. A slight delay in dealing with existing mui-tsai may well be accepted if it ensures the co-operation
of the Chinese, without whom we are
really helpless in the matter, whatever
laws ray be passed.
The modified scheme has
accordingly been embodied in the draft
telegram herewith.
You were going to deal with the
Parliamentary aspect of the question when these papers came to you.
5.10.22
Ins Churchill
G.G.
Jayne (through Sirfagles Masterto. Smiths)
I think you may
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are not immediately urgent.
Sir G. Gundle's minute states th
Case - clearly.
The proposed telegram gives his retines for the scheme set out in Memo A
belas.
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