CO129-292 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [6-8] — Page 634

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position which British Subjects hold under the Treaty with China, must be taken into consideration. They are withdrawn entirely from the jurisdiction of the lord of the soil and are not amenable to his laws. It would in my opinion create a dangerous precedent if the mere fact of birth in Hongkong, originally a part of the Chinese Empire and conterminous with it, were to confer on a person of the Chinese race the privilege to enter into this imperium in imperio created by the treaty.

With very few exceptions, Hongkong-born Chinese are Chinese in blood, dress, habits, and ideas. No doubt many are polygamous and many more own ancestral and other landed property in the interior, which for British Subjects is disallowed by Treaty.

There must be a very large number of Chinese who have been born on British territory and who are now living in the interior of China. Do the petitioners urge that all these should be placed under British protection? And if so, how is it to be afforded, and how are such persons to be brought under the jurisdiction of British Consuls?

Where a Chinese has really made the British Colony the country of his adoption, is born there, lives there, and brings up his children there, without any intention of eventually, when his money is made, returning to his clan in China, it would

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631 position which British Subjects hold under the Treaty with China, must be taken into consideration. They are withdrawn entirely from the jurisdiction of the lord of the soil and are not amenable to his laws. It would in my opinion create a dangerous precedent if the mere fact of birth in Hongkong, originally a part of the Chinese Empire and conterminous with it, were to confer on a person of the Chinese race the privilege to enter into this imperium in imperio created by the treaty. With very few exceptions, Hongkong-born Chinese are Chinese in blood, dress, habits, and ideas. No doubt many are polygamous and many more own ancestral and other landed property in the interior, which for British Subjects is disallowed by Treaty. There must be a very large number of Chinese who have been born on British territory and who are now living in the interior of China. Do the petitioners urge that all these should be placed under British protection? And if so, how is it to be afforded, and how are such persons to be brought under the jurisdiction of British Consuls? Where a Chinese has really made the British Colony the country of his adoption, is born there, lives there, and brings up his children there, without any intention of eventually, when his money is made, returning to his clan in China, it would

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631 position which British Subjects hold under the Treaty with China, must be taken into consideration. They are withdrawnY. entirely from the Juris-diction of the lord of the soil and are not amenable to his laws. It would in my opinion create a dangerous precedent if the mere fact of birth in Hongkong originally a part of the Chinese Empire and conterminous with it were to confer on a person of the Chinese race the privilege to enter into this imperium in imperio created by the treaty. With very few exceptions, Hongkong born Chinese are Chinese in M blood, dress, habits and ideas. No doubt many are polygardous and many more own ancestral and other landed propertyfin the interior which for British Subjects is disallowed by Treaty. There must be a very large mumber of Chinese, who have been born on British territory, and who are now living in the inte- rior of China. Do the petitioners urge that all these should be placed under British protection? and if so how is it to be afforded, and how are such persons to be brought under the jurisdiction of British Consuls? Where a Chinese has really mades British Colony the country of his adoption, is born there, lives there and brings up his children there, without any intention of eventually when his money is made, returning to his clan in China, it would

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position which British Subjects hold under the Treaty with

China, must be taken into consideration. They are withdrawnY.

entirely from the Juris-diction of the lord of the soil and

are not amenable to his laws. It would in my opinion create

a dangerous precedent if the mere fact of birth in Hongkong

originally a part of the Chinese Empire and conterminous with

it were to confer on a person of the Chinese race the privilege

to enter into this imperium in imperio created by the treaty.

With very few exceptions, Hongkong born Chinese are Chinese in

M blood, dress, habits and ideas. No doubt many are polygardous

and many more own ancestral and other landed propertyfin the

interior which for British Subjects is disallowed by Treaty.

There must be a very large mumber of Chinese, who have been

born on British territory, and who are now living in the inte-

rior of China. Do the petitioners urge that all these should

be placed under British protection? and if so how is it to be

afforded, and how are such persons to be brought under the

jurisdiction of British Consuls?

Where a Chinese has really mades British Colony

the country of his adoption, is born there, lives there and

brings up his children there, without any intention of eventually

when his money is made, returning to his clan in China, it

would

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