assumes that
the new expressed in so. 4
1. Cambron desk of 10 Seft. is correct
denationalized
and
that children of Chinese nationals
bom after their denationalization
close
and the descendants of children
will not be Chinese saubjects by
broth.
That S. 25 dores
not consider it descräble to fress upon
Chinese Gost the suppestion infora 8 of the H.K. desh.
1
12. Martin 1.3.30
A copy of the new Chinese Nationality Law
promulgated in February 1929 is flaged below (in
No. 21 File 62710/29).
The Minister at Peking advises tacit
acceptance regarding it as a reasonable law, and
doubts whether any modification of it is now possible
or whether any representations would secure any
modification to meet the convenience of British
subjects of Chinese race.
The late Governor sends us a long statement of his considered views about the protection abroad of Hong Kong born Chinese, but it seems to me difficult to understand what his purpose is. as the definition of a British subject is concerned
As far
it