[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should be returned to the Foreign Office if not required for official use.]
FROM CHINA
Telegram (en clair) from Mr. Aveling (Peking).
41
133
D.
18th April 1931.
R.
18th April 1931.
No. 127.
27 11 11 11 1 1 1 1 25 71 75 19 31 21 17 21 ## 65 ? ## ? #1
Following from Teichman No. 25, April 16th begins: My inmediately preceding telegram begins: 132
1. Except in cases of flagranti delicto British subjects may not be arrested, detained or imprisoned except upon an order formally issued by a modern court of justice specifically stating the legal grounds on which and the offence for which action is authorised. They shall within
twenty four hours after arrest, exclusive of legal holidays,
be brought before the nearest modern court of justice com-
petent to deal with the case for hearing. If there is no
competent modern court which can be reached in this space of time, any British subjects thus arrested will be brought before the nearest competent modern court with the least
possible delay.
2. Any British subject arrested or otherwise detained
shall be permitted to communicate immediately with the
neerest British Consul or officer, and he is to be afforded
all possible facilities to that end. Consular officers or
their representatives shall be permitted to visit any British
subject under detention at all reasonable times.
3. British subjects under detention for sentence of
imprisonment will only be detained or imprisoned in modern
detention houses or modern prisons or in other premises
suitable for their detention or imprisonment.
4......