CO129-383 - Public Offices - 1911 — Page 603

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Sir:-

FOREIGN OFFICE,

June

1911.

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RECE

REG? 17 JUN !!

597

I am directed by Secretary Sir Edward Grey to acknow-

Gor.

ledge the receipt of your letter of the 7th instant 15766

in which you invite the observations of this department on a

despatch from the Governor of Hongkong on the subject of

the relations between that Colony and China in regard to the

suppression of crime.

In reply I am in the first place to observe that the

only Treaty provision affecting the rendition of fugitive

criminals, as between China and Hongkong, is that which is

contained in Article XXI of the Treaty of Tientsin of June

26th 1858, which is of a unilateral character and provides

as follows:-

"If Criminals, subjects of China, shall take refuge in

"Hongkong, or on board the British ships, they shall, upon

"due requisition by the Chinese authorities be searched for,

"and on proof of their guilt be delivered up".

The Under Secretary of State,

Colonial Office.

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