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HONGKONG AND KIAU-CHAU.

The position of Hongkong in relation to China’s sovereign rights is governed by the treaty of Nanking. The document is set out in full in the fifth edition of Mayer’s “Treaties between the Empire of China and Foreign Powers.” Its third article states that “it being obviously necessary and desirable that British subjects should have some port whereat they may careen and refit their ships when required and keep stores for that purpose, His Majesty the Emperor of China cedes to Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, etc., the island of Hongkong, to be possessed in perpetuity by Her Britannic Majesty, her heirs and successors, aud to be governed by such laws and regulations as Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, etc., shall see fit to direct.” The Kiau-Chau Convention, which governs Germany's position in Shantung, is a document of a different nature, the crucial sentence being ; “China retains her sovereignly over this territory, and should she at any time wish to enact laws or carry out plans within the leased area she shall be at liberty to eater into negotiations with Germany with reference thereto ; provided always that such laws,or plans shall not be prejudicial to German interests.”

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH19141015.2.24

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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1311, 15 October 1914, Page 4

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HONGKONG AND KIAU-CHAU. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1311, 15 October 1914, Page 4

HONGKONG AND KIAU-CHAU. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1311, 15 October 1914, Page 4

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