CO129-471 - Public Offices - 1921 — Page 610

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la to any that they have accepted the disadvantages,

Eer Treaty, attendant on their british natăœinlity.

such Certificates and declarations should have

otographs attaithed as should have the mutual

İrtificates of registration issued to miest.

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A list of

– 1 much persons should be furnished annually to the

inese authorities at the place wÈSTC COURUL ar

kistration is affected.

Any infraction of the Treaty provisiona

İnding on British subjects e.g. travelling in tha

involve perior without a passport de should. 'wi tlxirawal of

jcognition. The only distinction unde poteem them

jd other British mabjoater in this respect would be

imai malon to hold their share by inheritance in the

kastrul property of their fædly or clan, so long

that property remained undivided, and to have it

boried in the ancestrol books.

by some such revision alone can abuzon be

aried against and sonfliet of jurisdiction avoided.

Fle involving no hardship for Wone genuinely desirous enjoying britisk natiouality, it aliɛdnates all these

whing to unke use thereof for 1llegitimate purposes.

may, it is time, on occasion, lace our protégés on footing of disadvantage xia à vin those versons of

nae descent registered at other consultes, but on

other hand it would render the status umamanilacle,

questioned by the Chinese authorities. At Would

monstrate to the latter tue abaolute goei faith of

ajesty's Govoruannt and would obviate tue los of

arising out of cases, mich as the present,

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