This outraged the treaty port community, since it violated the principle of extraterritorality, embodied in the treaties, that foreigners accused of such crimes should be tried only in consular courts.
Once removed, the consular police would be illegal.
The raw data and notes that ' ' he used in his consular despatches do not always appear in his private journal.
In effect, the agreement implied o that the local consular police force was inadequate in terms of both strength and efficacy.
All, for example, examined local documents and carried out ' key informant ' interviews, as with property agents, consular and local government officers, and ministers of religion.
This is important since most diplomats were merchants/businessmen as well as consular officials.
Rather, they desired consular leadership over that unilateralism.
Ultimately, the early summer of 1930 proved to be the most decisive moment in the evolution of consular police activism.
