CO129-478 - Public Offices & Others - 1922 — Page 112

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Order of the Court is not an adequate method of

dealing with undesirables of the type

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mentioned in paragraph above and that

it had, therefore, become necessary in

the interests of public safety, peace

and good order to have recourse to the

more direct methods defined under the

Hong Kong Deportation Ordinance.

He

added that there was no racial issue in-

volved, and that the provision of the

Ordinance to which the Government of India

took exception was not confined to any race

or class.

China, and the practical effect of the

provision made in the China

(Amendment) Order in Council 1920

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for a judicial enquiry.

I am, etc.,

(Signed) G. GRINDLE

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6.

A copy of a letter that has now

been received from the India Office is

enclosed for Lord Curzon's consideration,

and His Grace would invite attention to the

suggestion contained in paragraph 3 of that

letter. His Grace would be glad if he could

be furnished with Lord Curzon's observations

as to the reasons for the decision reached

on the point in question in relation to

China,