194
both those documento
bir
Rutherford
draws a
very gloomy fictive of the of
consequences likely to result from the
British Goverment attempting to prevent
Torture to prisoners
man surrendered by
to u
MD
that
Lareign Power's administering
we
can
and oaths as
us is tantamount
interfering to prevent
an oath to witnesses, cr
be expected to
regard tortive
being much the same
thing, viz: merely guaranties of truth
merely because that is a
bhinese view of
the
application of
Surrendered by
Butish
Officers
to the
Chinese Authorities.
2. It
be that I am unable to may
the matter.
and to do
justice
4.
As, however, Sir Rutherford appears
a sort of
understand thoroughly
to Sir Rutherford's reasoning
I subjects,
on these
but I consider that some of
his arguments would be more
appropriate
in the mouth of a Representative of the bhinese
Government
than of Her Majesty's Minister.
3.
I
cannot at all agree with him in
aque
to thinking that to struggle against
application of torture
the
during trial of
a
all through to regard with
horror
usages,
Gpace to
any
interference with Chinese I think it right to beg your
to remember
umber that not the slightest
difficulty has hitherts been experienced by this Government in dealing with the Chinese Authorities in such matters.
5.
As I have informed, Sir Rutherford