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tion without any limit of time in all cases, and it seems to me that the incidence of the proposed system would be fair both from the Chinese and the British standpoint.
5. I urge very strongly that all children, grand-
children, etc., of a British subject of Chinese race who
has divested himself by denationalization of his Chinese
nationality should, if born in British territory, be
entitled to British protection in China without any
further denationalization.
6.
There remains the case of Chinese residents in
the Straits Settlements who being Chinese subjects have
gone through the process of naturalization and thereby
become British subjects. In their case I strongly
recommend that no further denationalization should be
required, but that the fact of the naturalization of these
persons should be reported to the Chinese Government. The
sons of such naturalized Chinese born before the naturali-
zation of the father, even if their birth took place in
British territory, should be required to denationalize
themselves; but the children born in British territory
after the father was naturalized should not be required
to denationalize themselves, in order to obtain British
protection in China.
7. Children, whose father is a British subject, but
who are born in China during a temporary absence of their
mother in that country, should not be regarded as British
subjects unless their birth is registered at a British
Consulate in China within three months of the day on which
it takes place.
8.
Minors during minority and until they are in a
position to make declarations for themselves in cases
where