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save been expressed by the Colonial Govemars,
the Legal
Advisers to the Foreign office mu His Majesty 'a Represen-
'as in China, which vary according to the angle from
Which it is viewad.
4.
The Colonial authorities naturally desire to
of protection naani ble for their
ercure the prestent amoun
protegen; the Engal Advisers ara perhap" inclined to take 2.
[curely legal and theoretical view of the matter, whilst třím
syntion and Mir Paja«ty ** Con¬ule in Chine hava vividly ben
fore
them the difficulties and acrimonious disputes that ari se
when their aid in invoked by British subjects who are indie-
tin. uishable from the local population, and who behave in all
eatteri an natives of the country until they get into trouble
with the Chinese Authorities, when they produce their priti h
registration certificatam.
5. This tendang of the Colonial Chiname was frankly
jadmitted by tir 7. Tugard, the then Governor of Hangkang, in
the following parafrash which ↑ quote from his despatch to
the Colonial Mifice of october 16th, 1911:-
"The vast majority of the Chinone of this i
Lolong,
whatever may be their legal nationality, mra in close touch