CO129-503-8 Treatment of Asiatic British subjects by French Authorities in Indo-China 30-12-1926 - 20-10-1927 — Page 34

Immigration Department and its refusal to recognise as

full British Bubjects persons of Chinese origin have

farmed the subject of much correspondence from thi

Consulate for the past twelve years.

B. I have secordingly protested to the Governor of

Cochinchina against this preferential treatment accorded

to French Nationals.

B.

At the interview when 1 handed in my written protest,

the Governor informed me that he agreed with me that the

preferential charge was barely fair and that he had never

noticed the difference in treatment when he signed the

arrêté.

The Governor promised me that he would look into

matter and said that be bigself em no reason why the

clause should not be altered and hinted that he believed

that the idea had been to tax the Chinese firms heavier

than the French He added that the arrêté had been drafted

Ho

by his own subordinates together with the help of the

Fresident of the Chamber of Commerce and he had placed his

signature to it on the assurance that it followed precedent

and involved no controversial points. It may not be

without interest to note here that the new Fresident of the

Chamber of Commerce is notoriously anti-foreign and openly

states that no foreigner should be allowed in the Colony.

7. The following of my colleagues have either already

protested or have informed me of their intention to do so

at an early date, United States, Holland, Sweden,

Switzerland, Norway, Demark, Sian, Italy and Belgium.

My Japanese colleague is away but returne at the end of the

Neanwhile the clerk left in charge is unwilling to

take any action.

8.

for