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the dominions of the Emperor of China, and therefore strictly speaking they can only legally act in the arrest of British subjects if backed by a Consul's warrant; and it was this difficulty which led me to decline sanctioning
otherwise moving the Chinese Authorities to sanction, the assertion of a distinct and independent Authority on the part of Hongkong Officers or police for the pursuit of criminals in China. For to have made any proposal on the subject, would have been to question the technical right in the minds of
of which they are happily ignorant, Agreeing as I do entirely with Sir Edmund Hornby as to the inexpediency of "Creating doubts
raise a
the Chinese
in
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" in the minds of the Chinese. " Authorities by raising a question. " of
International Law as to the Limits of Territorial Right as "defined by the strictness of that "Law", it seemed to me injudicious
to take any steps in that direction The Chief Judge himself believed any Chinese intervention quite
necessary for the purpose of securing the arrest of British fugitives from the Colony to the Mainland.
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As to the Supposition of the Governor of Hongkong that the petty Mandarin or Officer in the district adjoining Kowloon had been interdicted from holding
any
Any Communication with Officer of the Colony; and this, at the suggestion or requisition
of
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the dominions of the Emperor of China, and therefore strictly speaking they can only legally act in the arrest of British subjects if backed by as Consul's warrant; and it was. this difficulty which led me to a decline sanctioning
therwise moving the Chinese Authorities to sanction, the assertion of a distinct and independent Authority on the part of Hongkong Officers or police for the pursuit of criminals in China. For to have made any proposal on the subject, would have been to question of technical -right in the minds of
of which they are happily ignorant, Agreeing as I do entirely with Sir Edmund Hornby as to the inexpediency of "Creating doubts
raise a
the Chinese
in
332
" in the minds of the Chinese. " Authorities by raising a question. " of
International Law as to the Limits of Territorial Right as "defined by the strictness of that "Law", it seemed to me injudicious
to take any steps in that direction The Chief Judge himself believed. any Chinese intervention quite
necessary for the purpose of securing the arrest of British fugitives from the Colony
the Mainland.
ot
As to the Supposition of the Governor of Hongkong that the petty Mandarin or Officer in the districtedjoining Kowloon had been interdicted from holding
any
Any Communication with Officer of the Colony; and this, at the suggestion or requisition
of
肇
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