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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 26, 1939.

FOREIGN OFFICE REPLY TO

CHINESE PROTEST

London, To-day.

THE FOREIGN OFFICE has published an extract from the reply sent yesterday to the Chinese Am- bassador to the latter's Note of August 12 pro- testing against the decision in regard to hand- ing over of the four Chinese prisoners in Tien- tsin. The reply emphasises that the only reason why His Majesty's Government did not approve the sur- render of the men immediately the warrant was issued by the local district court was that ade- quate evidence connecting the men with the crime alleged was not produced at the time.

was had

However, during the conversations which opened in Tokyo on July 24, the Japanese produced evidence, and on the highest legal advice available to His Majesty's Government, it' decided that a prima facie case now been established against two of the men on the charge of murder and against the other two on the charge of being members of an illegal terror- ist organisation.

His Majesty's Government are. unable to agree that the action taken by the British authorities in Tientsin In this or similar cases in the past constitutes re- cognition of the so-called pro- vislonal government, which In fact is recognised neither by them nor, as far as they know, by any other government.

It has always been the aim of His Majesty's Government that the neu- Concession in

be maintained, and

ON ITS MERITS His Majesty's Government have al-trality of the British ways maintained that the case should Tientsin should be dealt with on its merits and with- out reference to other issues arising out of the situation in Tientsin.

There could be no question of using

that it should not be in any way the base for hostile activities.

concession some which might accrue to His Majesty's Government.

TIENTSIN'S POSITION This attitude has been made clear

accused as pawns or bartering their to the Chinese Government on more than one occasion in the past. For disposal against

example, in July, 1938, representa- tions were made by His Majesty's Ambassador in regard to the use of the British Concession in Tientsin as a base for anti-Japanese and assurances the Chinese

In regard to the court to which the men should be handed over, the Bri- tish Municipal Council had been send- ing persons for trial by and execut- ing warrants issued by the de facto district court for the past two years, and it would not appear that execu- tion of the present warrant differs in the many hundred way from which preceded it during that period.

any

activities,

from:

·acti-

were received Government that

vities-of this nature would not be allowed to recur.

In view of the intimation they

made to the Japanese Government (that in their opinion a prima facie case had been made out) His Majes- NO OTHER COURSE

ty's Government consider it is no No other course is open to the longer possible to refuse to surrender

and I trust the men to the local Chinese au-- Municipal authorities, your Excellency will agree upon re- thorities in Tientsin, and the British has been so ad-

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in your Note that the Chinese offen-vised. Reuter. ders should be removed from Tientsin in the face of Japanese opposition in order that they should be handed over to the recognised Chinese authorities in another part of China, is neither practicable nor reasonable.

NOT RECOGNITION

At the same time it is not possible to keep the offenders indefinitely in custody without trial, and therefore no practical alternative exists but to hand them over to the local au- thorities.

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