CO129-415 - Governor Sir May - 1914 [12] — Page 276

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In R. T. Arnaud the decision was based on the fact

that registration was there sought in the name of a British

corporation however composed.

In the present case the "Phranang" does not appear,

from the correspondence before me, to be registered as the property of a British corporation and therefore having no

Even if it were claim on that ground to fly the British flag. registered as the property of a Rong-Kong British Company, that would not confer upon it a right to trade with the enemy,

If my view is correct that a German or Austrian subject or commercial establishment in China, subject in no way to its jurisdiction, enjoying full exterritorial privileges and unable to there acquire even a commercial domicile has no neutral or quasi neutral status, then the "Phranang" is trading with the enemy and her owner or owners if, far as they are, amenable to British jurisdiction can be dealt

with accordingly.

and in so

I have the honour to suggest that this view of the matter might be laid before the Hongkong Government and the Commander-in-Chief on the China Station, who might be able to supply a practical solution of Mr. Stark-Toller's diffi-

culties.

(Sgd.) E. P. Wilkinson.

Shanghai, 28th October,

1914.

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