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accompanying copy of a telegram
received from the Governor of Hong
Kong on the 16th May with regard
to the claims of the Company and of
has her
the reply which was sent from this
department to Sir P.Lugard.
3. From the information which
was previously available on this
matter, it appeared that the merits
of the claim for compensation pre-
ferred by the Company depended upon
whether the doctor who was respon-
sible for the medical examination of
immigrants was influenced by other
than medical grounds in rejecting
It now appears from enclosure
them.
I to the despatch from Jr. Hohler
forwarded in your letter that the
Company's claim is primarily based
upon Article 2 of the Federal
Constitution
JMeine
affers to have
Constitution, which seem to allowed
complete freedom of entry to all
immigrants into Mexico without any
reservations on the grounds of health.
Seem to It would therefore, follow that even if
人
the immigrants had admittedly been
suffering from every yessible disease
they could not have been excluded with-
out a breach of the Constitution. Bai
A
article of e Constitution seems nOW-
to have been prentes
allow exclusion
on the grounds of qublic heater.
4. If Sir Edward Grey is advised
that the legal point maintained by the
Company is sound, Mr. Harcourt considers
that His lajesty's Representative in
Mexico should be instructed to support
a claim by the Company for damages, and
to invite the lexican Government to
arbitrate as to the amount to be
awarded,
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pwarded, unless the new (overnment
in Texico are prepared to settle
Diplomalie
the matter witllout the intervention
of this coun CTY .
I am, etc.,
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