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le. in non-Chinese territory.
I don't think so. but fee has a right to
make representations.
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The lot Gout in the case If many chinca nationals (not being Bick, subals)
that we have any ground for requesting intervention in
this case. The particular rule in question seems to me
one entirely for the Chinese Government, and any
recruiter of labour for abroad would naturally be
required to conform to it. I do not see any reason
why the recruiter from Malayan Collieries should not
be required to do so in this particular instance.
rule moreover appears to me to be a very reasonable
one.
excepticon
The
The rules to which ajastinao may be taken
appear to me to be Nos. 10 and 11, which state that
in the case of any complications arising between the
[Chmane]
employer and the labourer, the Consul for China at
the locality shall be informed and requested to
adjudicate, and that either the Consul or the Overseas
Affairs Committee may appoint inspectors to visit the
place of work, and the employer shall receive them and
answer explicitly any questions put to him by the
inspectors. I do not see that Chinese legislation
could give representatives of a Chinese body any such
right to investigate in a foreign territory, and the
rule presumably has no legislative sanction. It
obviously cams, however, a fertile source of disputes,
but we can scarecely admit the right of a foreign
Consul to adjudicate in disputes between employer and
labourer, though I suggest that he has a right to be
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consulted in questions affecting Chinese nationals.
? Write to F.0. pointing out as above, and
ask whether the S. of S. would be prepared to instruct
the British Consul at Swatow to make representations
to the Commission on Overseas Affairs. Copy letter to
Straits Settlements and Hong Kong l.ff.
P. Rages
3. N1.87,