following the principle which has now
been embodied in Article 4 of a
Convention on the Jonflict of Nationality
Laws adopted by the Jonference for the
Jodification of International Law,
held at the Hague in March andåpril of
last year.
This Article provides
that "A State may not afford
diplomatic protection to one of its
nationals against a State whose
nationality such person also possesses".
His Lajesty's Government would
therefore be on firm ground in
insisting if need arises, that the
Chinese Government should act on
the same principle in Lalaya. Should
the Chinese Jonsul at Kuala Lumpur
fail to regulate his activities in
accordance with the ordinary rules
of international law, the matter should
be dealt with through the ordinary
diplomatic
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