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No,3) but farther information regarding them will be
found in the correspondence ending with the dampat-ch
this Legation to the Foreign Office No.18 Treaty
of August 32nd, 1904.
These instructions were intended to restrict
within narrow list to the glasses of Anglo-Chinese who
could be aditted to British protection in China, but
despatch 198,4 of September 7th 1921 addressed
the foreign Office by [ns Majesty's Conmil-General
at Canton it is evident that it is not always pɔssible
now to enforce our slain to pretest even theme,
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Mr. Judeson'u
la streply in Inga th
proposals to reduce still further the cambers of Chicome to
be protected by us in china, but for the reason given in my
previous despatch No. 374 I do not think it advisable to
merit can be reached.
alter our rules, except as a result of agreement with the
Chinese Coverment or until it is clear that no such agree»
Infertianately, owing to the centinued
uncertainty in the melitiani situstion in faking, 1% hna
been impossible so far to open any negotiations on the sub-
jack.
In this cornestion I would point out the façons) –
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bility, owing to our exterritorial position in China,
of distingui hing between registration, recognition.
protection; and jurisdiction.
An exorgle of the con
fusion of thought as regards this is given in Section
2 (9) of the Ghina (Amandment) Order in Covnail 1921
which states that if any "ritish mɔbject neglects to
obtain registration under the provisions of this (rer,
}) he shall not be entitled to be recognised or protecíad
writish mubiest in China
Obviously
but he fuli ba
„dură mii câi on of His latesty
cannot refuse to recogni, me
an a British subject and at the same time claim juris-
dietion over him - It would be a contravention of our
treaties with China and as to pretection and juri sdi e-
tion, the most valuable form of nrotection now erjoyed
în this country by British subjects is their wităıdrawal
from the injustios, corruption and often barbarOUS
theds of the native courte.
It would be advisable to omit these attempted
distinctious from any new regulations t'at may be
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