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Caught outside of the bolony.

21. That

I may obsine's

money I may

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en

papant

I caused to be repaid to the fishermen from whom it was batten- being quiete

taken-being

willing to make such restitution myself

sooner than have it alleged

if necesary

that any puson, however humble, living. under the protection of the British Glag

Hanghong should have been summoned Cruiser in British waters at

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by a Foreign

the Cannon's mouth to

pay a Foreign

tribute.

22. Jo

me

it

Seems that

a

very pave

outrage has been committed. It has

been aggravated by the bullying tone

apuned towards the humble dependents

of this Government

and the falsehoods

by which the authors of the outrage sought to screen themselves from the local police in pretinding authority from the Registion General. Nevertheles

a due condemnation

on the part of the Vice they of what had

offer of reparation to

occured, and an

parties admitted to have been unjustly mulcted on British teritory might have

atoned for

much

more. One inculd have been glad to have welcomed

any tangible

means of making

of making the past sove as source of better understanding for

a

the

future. but I do not see that I could

pofsibly have accepted as adequate atenement the Comphollu's report which vritually.

aud

excuses

justifies everything that had been done- though lorbidding a repetition of future

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