CO129-451 - Public Offices - 1918 — Page 605

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EATY.

CEET.

!

Sir,

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62171

BRITISH

601

EMBASSY.

TOKYO.

REC

24 FC18

October 22nd. 1918.

I have the honour to transmit to you herewith

copies of correspondence which has passed between the

Government of Hong Kong and myself respecting the

sy stem of military control over passports which has now

been established here.

I understand that the Authorities at Hong Kong

find it impossible to insist that every Chinaman enter-

ing that Colony should produce a passport, and that

the relaxation of the rules in favour of Japanese has

been due to the difficulty found to exist in practice

in discriminating between Chinamen and Japanese; but I

venture to think that, whatever the practical difficult-

les may be, the principle should still be maintained

that Japanese, like all persons other than Chinese, in-

cluding even our own compatriots are bound to provide

themselves with proper passports when they travel to a

British possession.

*

The Right Honble:

A.J.BALTOUR 0.M. M.P.

etc.. etc.. etc.

I have, etc.,

(Signed)

Conyngham Greene