CO129-523-4 China- protection of Anglo-Chinese 13-11-1929 - 10-1-1931 — Page 101

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alien must be interpreted as equivalent to "becomes

an allen" i.e. as extending to denationalised

Chinese. The donationalisation of the father would

thus carry with it, as before, the loss of Chinese

nationality of such as his family as were under age

(those who were of age romaluing unaffected by the

father's act of donationalisation).

As regards the children of Cenationalised

Chinese born after the donelionul 18ution of the

father, there would appour to be no difficulty, since

(se pointed out in Foreign Office dospatch to

Peking Ro.107 of the Sta Jamary) such children,

even if bor in China, would not possess Chinesc

nationality under Article 1. It is thus difficult

to understand the suggestion that succeeding

generations would have to obtain denationalisation

certificates.

is that

The position then, as it appears to us,

(1)