CO129-470 - Public Offices - 1921 — Page 603

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government, and should

be returned to the Foreign Omce if not required for official use )

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No. 191.

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6th May, 1921,

NO DISTRIBUTION

Sir E. Alston. (Peking

B. 1.0.7.x. May 6th, 1921.

R. 8.0.p.m. May 8th, 1921. (R).

(? China) German treaty.

(A Chinese paper having recently published A resumé of these negotiations I enquired yesterday

of Minister for Foreign Affairs as to accuracy of this statement. His Excellency generally

confirmed it adding that draft had been agreed

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upon by respective delegates and would now be submitted to Chinese Goverment. He did not anticipate long delay though certain ministries. might demand modifications, by d

Principal points are:-

(1) Exchange of diplomatic and consular representatives (7 who are) to enjoy same treatment as consuls of other countries.

(11) Germany renounces claim to consuler jurisdiction,

(111) Right of travel, residence, trade and industry will be enjoyed reciprocally in both countries.

Then

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Questioned as to exact purport of this Minister for Foreign Affairs, said that this clause was only (7 in) general terms and did not

imply

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