CO129-437 - Public Offices - 1916 — Page 705

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Sir H. de Daugaaraz to nis majesty's

Kinister.

shanghai,

Jeptember 23rd 1916.

I have the hencur to acknowledge your despatch of

the 16th instant which arrived as I was about to answer

that of the 18th august with reference to which & har

the hencur to telegraph to yeu that I agreed generally

with .r. Turner' views as to deportation by executive or

der. 1 gather that he is of opinion that as a war nge-

sure the retic val of the paracns contemplated in your despatch should be affected by your exncu,ive order. y

object in answering at once whilst away from Janghai

and without access to books and decuments was to assure

you that if you think such powers necessary and they culi

be conferrad 1 certainly concur in their grant.

...ith regard to the present powers of the Courts –

de not say they are adequate, but 1 think i cught to Bay

that they have not been tried and as i had the hencur

to point out to you on a previcus occasion the action of

the Court in deportation cases was entirely misrepresent -

ed to you, i should not have adverted to this incident

had it not been that you refer to the failure to socure

the deportation of twe indians from Japan and attribute

that failure to the difficulty of dealing with then herA

i dont know wh- advised you as to that difficulty, but

1 de not think I should have found any, and 1 have little

doubt that had the men been brought before 29, 1 should

have crdared their immediate deportation to India, ihás,

however, does not cover all the cases suggested by .ir.

Petrie, and if extended powers are required & am quite

certant