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Sir,

I have read the correspondence enclosed in Your Excellency's Despatch Confidential No. 5432/1905, on the subject of the recovery under Article XXIII of the Tientsin Treaty of debts incurred in Hongkong by Chinese subjects who abscond to the mainland, and I may state at once that I am in general agreement with the contents of the minutes by the Colonial Secretary and Attorney-General dated July 27th and July 29th, 1905, respectively.

As the Colonial Secretary has said the difficulty "is the desire or the power (in some cases both one and the other) on the part of the Chinese officials to carry out their obligations under the Treaty", and this difficulty is in no way confined to the enforcement of Article XXIII.

As regards Your Excellency's views I would offer the following observations:-

(a). The past practice is correctly explained in paragraphs 15-19 of the Colonial Secretary's Minute.

...

Bir Matthew Nathan,
K.C.M.G.,
etc. etc. etc.

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Page 550 Sir, I have read the correspondence enclosed in Your Excellency's Despatch Confidential No. 5432/1905, on the subject of the recovery under Article XXIII of the Tientsin Treaty of debts incurred in Hongkong by Chinese subjects who abscond to the mainland, and I may state at once that I am in general agreement with the contents of the minutes by the Colonial Secretary and Attorney-General dated July 27th and July 29th, 1905, respectively. As the Colonial Secretary has said the difficulty "is the desire or the power (in some cases both one and the other) on the part of the Chinese officials to carry out their obligations under the Treaty", and this difficulty is in no way confined to the enforcement of Article XXIII. As regards Your Excellency's views I would offer the following observations:- (a). The past practice is correctly explained in paragraphs 15-19 of the Colonial Secretary's Minute. ... Bir Matthew Nathan, K.C.M.G., etc. etc. etc. Page 551
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Joenig dhang oud dad!

(حد)

-19

JO ARTISTAD

(0)

utuspro" vnt to dren

Copy.

30323

RECS

*Reet 17 AUG 06

Inclo. No. 2 in Mr. Jarnegie's No. 280 Confidential, June 27,'06.

R.V.

* mi bilma toddab veeni HM 2801 od / coitto abrenon

Confidential.

.al od doelte

our un bi Jant

(0)

70 27478

Dr. Carnegie to Sir Matthew Nathan.

AUG 13 1906)

Peking, June 16th, 1906.

550

sir.

-brusadu danas

a Lurora sortadaİRas

wataka? eri od mialo era To

(b) Jan %hề ([00 yell to oil and dent

Coub tot Jne gbert, to web.

ond topos du bruna abi/mirando no adquruined gri

eto arodbeno

(e)

218 0880 MUA

gilauldan ezetim zu bewhitejust to atoejdua daijirā Jajoeldra daiding-non no

moy Hendene misel co belt, en ilana I anus for veni dwiw oa to but evely seen) mi aqroroo vonelies İnaroo" of epgaai of assoqung vonelieɔxt wʊy isddam and ni

..oje evard I

**

(pengi?)

TOTKAYU

‚areoi110 8

I have read the correspondence enclosed in

Your Excellency's Despatch Confidential No. 5432/1905

0.8.0., on the subject of the recovery under Article

XXIII of the Tintain Treaty of debts incurred in

Hongkong by Chinese subjects who abscond to the main-

land, and I may state at once that I am in general

a freement with the contents of the minutes by the

Colonial Secretary and Attorney-General dated July 27th

As the Colonial

and July 29th, 1905, respectively.

Secretary has said the difficulty "is the desire or

the power

(in some cases both one and the other)

on the part of the "hinese officials to carry out

their obligations under the Treaty", and this diffi-

culty is in no way confined to the enforcement of

Article XXIII.

As regards Your Excellenoy's views I would offer

the following observations:-

(a). The past practice is correctly explained in

paragraphs 15-19 of the Colonial Secretary's Minute

Bir Hatthew Nathan,

K.C.M.G.,

etc. etc. etc.

above

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