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Foreign
Ports, except in cases where it has been conceded
by treaty
or established by usage; and it does not pretend that it has been
conceded in criminal
cases to American Purchasers
or Vessels
in
British Ports.
While the
Government of
the United States does not
sustain In Keenan in the
large
powers
he claimed as United States Consul at Hankow (Mongking?),
and have informed him,
there
are some
features in the
transaction to which the
President directs
me
to call
the attention of the British
Government, in the expectation that a course will be taken in future which will prevent annoyances and injury to American Commerce.
While