CO129-580-1 Sino-Japanese War- handing over of suspected terrorists to Japanese authorities 1-5-1939 - 24-8-1939 — Page 81

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In the conditions arising from the present hostilities it

is not possible to follow rigidly the rules laid down for the relations between the concession and the recognised Chinese authorities in time of peace, and while trying to prevent unneutral activities likely to endanger the concession we are compelled to make a difference in our treatment of persons charged with ordinary and with political offences.

Whatever may be the position vis à vis the Chinese authorities,

the Japanese have of course no legal right to intervene in a crime committed by one Chinese on another in the British concession.

Repeated to Shanghai No. 477 and Tientsin No. 574.