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Mr Gelder karshall mentioned the anse of The
Eastern Trading Company in which the Chinese were procead-
ing against the Chinese Manager of the Company on account
of a contract signed by him on the pretaxt that the
Company itself, not having registered, could not be re-
cognised as a juridical body. In the same connection
had
Mr Burkhill mentioned a similar onze with which he
had to deal in connection with his insurance agency in
Manchuria. sir . Lampson referred briefly to the
attitude af H.H.G, namely that if such registration
of
regulations were reasonable they would probably have
to be complied with in the long rum, since similar
registration prosedure axisted in other countries.
In the meanwhile, however, the matter should, if pos-
sible, be treated as part of the general Extra-
territori✅lity issue
Er Foodhead enquired whether it would not be pos-
sible for the Minister to authorise the issue of ame
statement in regard to the question of the Fuomintang
in Malaya to counteract the Chinese propaganda on the
subject. Sir A. Lupson explained why he was against
starging a newzpapar controversy on this delieste ques-
tion and gave a brief outline of the situation which he
found existing in Malaya as the result of the enormous
infltration of Chinese and the outcome of the disensoions
which he had and with the singapore authorities on the
subject.
Referring