be rather worse in some respects
than that of an alien, since they
are not dealt with under the
provisions of section 4 of
Ordinance No.25 of 1917 unless in
your opinion they have been guilty
of an offence specified in sub-
section 14 of that section. Their
case is therefore prejudged from
the start, and the enquiry which
is provided for in the earlier
part of section 4 cannot in their
case serve a very useful purpose.
3. In my telegram under ref-
erence, I stated that the question
of the amendment of the Ordinance
must be reconsidered. I request,
therefore
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therefore, that you will put
forward proposals for amending the
Ordinance in such a way that while
you are left in possession of
powers absolutely necessary for
safeguarding the Colony, the
principles of judicial procedure
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may be preserved as far as possible,
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr. Davis.
Sir G. Grindle.
Sir H. Read.
Sir J. Masterton Smith.
Mr. Ormsby-Gore.
Duke of Devonshire.
and the defect referred to in the
second paragraph of this despatch
may be remedied,
4. I would suggest that
you should consider an entirely
new Ordinance divided into two
parts; the one dealing with aliens
and the other with British Subjects.
In the case of British
Subjects