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with the villages of their slanamen in China, where they cauTÉ

their births and deathe to be registered at the ancestral

shrines, which they themselves visit an the occasion of fern,

while they desire if possible to be buried near their family

homes, and by their keen interest - the politics and welfare

of China they appear to denire to maint in, if not a mole,

least a dual nationality "

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The sdontion of the jus aenguinis w the Chinese as

the baris of their nationality law appears to have been adɛitted

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-ur legal advinare both in London and Hongkong to be reasone

able nrovided it is not carried to extremes, and I see no

reason why it should not be ponville to come to some muti nine-

tory arresment on the mubject with the Chinese Government, once

the latter has sufficiently established itself in control of

the country to be able to negotiate with us on the subject,

It is ocviously necessary for ue to decide ourselves first

what Chinese we wish to protect in china before we attempt to

obtain China's consent to foregs her elaina over them.

Fin

Vajesty'a Con #1-General at Canton, in his despatch to the

Foreirm offife No. 4 of Teptember 7th 1931 bas enumerated thone

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