683
287
,"ecy Qu!!
* se eni.& tole world,
T 986
In Law of waiv
!!
nd them.
you ung how AVAJA.
Jagr bbw C
¿
10:30 de lunet.
་ ་
1. 18 day ? wone Iliv
wid quioniq wol
ال
19. sinii de la tra
PUS 101 401 CATH SMAL
drapang at sa udɛinna
að berius
moonateikir ve doler
Gulvstveno yne evi, ri
A OČKU IZSLAD (snīrījo
evel fenriabecona-
(100
{
Vissetme ms
questions, to the Working Agreement for the Canton-Kowloon Rail- -way, to the regulation of newspapers, and to other matters in all of which the Consulate-General is ignored. One instance will suffice to illustrate my meaning. Had Mr. Jamieson been consult- -ed about the proposal that a Chinese Official should be allowed to attend trials in Hongkong and sit on the bench beside the Police Magistrate, he would have failed in his duty if he had not pointed out that it was inadvisable to entertain such a request at a moment when in nearly every port in China the Chinese Government are deliberately either excluding foreign Assessors from their Courts altogether or relegating them to undignified positions at side tables.
Nor would be, I imagine, have allowed Mr. Wei Han who, according to the Wai Wu Pu, holds no official position, to offer suggestions as to what he should do in extradition cases as regards taking the evidence of witnesses. The functions of His Majesty's Consul-General at Canton cannot be discussed with an
officer of Mr. Wei Han's standing.
But it seems unnecessary to elaborate the obvious objections which exist to a procedure which must inevitably weaken the position of the Consulate-General as the recognised channel of communication between the Hongkong and Canton Govern- -ments and produce division where the public interests require cordial co-operation and close solidarity.
I have the honour therefore to suggest that all correspondence between the Colonial Authorities in Hongkong and the Chinese Authorities in Canton should in the future, as in the past, be conducted through His Majesty's Consul-General and that the latter or his delegate should be present at all negotiations
which take place between the two Governments.
It is a source of sincere regret to me that there should be any official difference between myself and Sir Frederick Lugard with whom I have always had the most friendly relations
t
miedel,
and
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.