CO129-314 - Public Offices - 1902 — Page 572

Chinese) Flying Gramm

vor also decline to Cance

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Amorium flags me,

therefore unable to do anything

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reply

b

matter han bran aidéi

The msnt :

20382 that t

connection with

Shantung (of Mr. Con ages)

that the Contes have

no puver to make

any enquiry int the nationalisty

forager Flag frather than

of an ginch Flying

necessary

to averthin

whether the flag has bom properly authorised; and that treaty obligations make it imposable to refuse to beevise ouch jinks unten er also to learn jimhs flying the Bribit, that therefore

refuse

flag;

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p

me Jug 15

112/12

selueteall to the

Motuss.

I have come

conclusion that this is all we can

Lo.

NBC.

15/12

I do not understand wh., this have

been Rept for thus simthis

Is it the case that we cannot

refuse to license at Hory King Chinese funke, wned

by aliens,

and flying an alien flag. unless. we also the pace to license Chinese,

be featly

B & L (x)—50651-8000-12-01

54040-3000-3-02

owned by Chinamen who are

Ang Bong

or donitaited in

born

d are who

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Haefore British subjects and in flying The British flag are

and ale there for

their own

Beach In the case in

flag point to hocked the

different que Put this to of CPd.

Prade

Mr Ancas

long.

I pud

15 at once

very sorry I pod hept thi

e

You point is reactly the point conversation. If a foraja prover cross to permit Chinese pinks (of whatever onnordligs) to fly their flag,

, we cannot stop it : and the tranties prevent us fine

besserhiting according different treatment to foreign and Briksh Flage.

pointed unt that

A

oor had

antomas decided not to allow the Britisti

fly to be used in this

it

همر

prechilly differentiting against aanbore, but the reply

that it could not be bilged.

(772)

I skill think that We had better write to them as

J. me

16/12

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I suggest C.PL 18 at ance