CO129-564-12 Status of leased territories in China 29-9-1937 - 30-10-1937 — Page 3

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lance that we shout draw M. Ordio attention to the Law Offieus Opinion of

September 27 1899 and say that, having

regard to thin statement 13:

This

"teniton has been ceded; it is British

leniton...", it seems

it seems clear that they

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regarded the "lease" (!.. the Convention

of June

term

ue 9 1898) as a cession for

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a

of tears; and theat, in these Criciumstances, it would appear that during that term (1) the full someight, ore the temiton is in the lessee, and

(2) there is no Element of somreignty, in respect of it kisted in China; but that, failing any further arrangement, the temiton, of course, would have tato re-ceded to China at the Expiration of the terms in prestion 1.2.99 frais.

4/10/37

/t. Duncan.

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