to any great extent whatever faction may establish
itself in power. The general point of view of the
Chinese must also, I think, meet with the sympathy of
fair minded people. The extra territorial system was
intended to protect white residents in China from
judicial customs and a legal procedure to which they
were not accustomed. But although such considerations
could not apply to the Chinese themselves, the system
has in fact been used to withdraw large numbers of
Chinese from the jurisdiction of the native authori-
ties. The natives of the country who have thus been
able to acquire legally, or to but fraudulently, a
technical dual nationality have never hesitated to
abuse it to the full, claiming either Chinese or
foreign privileges as suited their circumstances at
the time, and finding no lack of foreigners, chiefly
foreign legal practitioners, to abet them in their
activities. Many authorities and much evidence can be
quoted for this statement, and my own experience in
dealing with such cases is copious, but there is
already a voluminous correspondence on the subject and
I will not burden this despatch with repetitions.
6. The Chinese who settle in the British Colonies
and Dominions may make desirable and law abiding
citizens. On the other hand, they prosper exceedingly
under the good government which they cannot obtain at
home, but they accept these benefits without emotion
or
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