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of Indie to the compulsory repatriation from China

of British Indian subjects unable or unwilling to be

enrolled in the Municipal Police, must heve led to

the abandonment by the Shanghai Municipal Council of

the measures proposed. But I am to point out that

the final decision in these matters did not rest

with the Indian authorities.

I am to observe that when the despatch from the

Governor of Hong Kong, to which reference was made

in Sir F. Campbell's letter, is communicated to the

Government of India, Lord Morley proposes to draw

their attention to the fact that as the Shanghai

Municipality is in constitution an International and

not a British settlement, it is quite possible that

its police force may at some future time be in no

way under British control.

He would be glad to be Informed whether the

experience of the Municipal authorities et Shanghai

and Tientsin, since the new rules for recruiting

policemen in India have been in operation, corres-

ponds with that of the Governor of Hong Kong.

(Signed)

I have &c.,

Colin G. Campbell.