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at Seking relative to a paragraph which
had
appeared in one
of this bolony.
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of the local formals
Mr Robertson represents that "he
was a
not in a position to verify this newspaper
on
lstatement, having no authority to question (the bolonial Government on the pubefest. Nevertheles he brings the matter to Sir
Rutherford Alcock's" "notice
as
it bearo prima
ffacie evidence of being correct." Under these
civcrmatânces it is imposible to say what widence may satisfy Mo Robertson of the conectness of newspaper paragraphs generally, but it would seem from this particular instance that he can be occasionally satisfied without
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evidence.
any
respectfully submit that, if he
thought this Govenment had committed
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as he states with danger to
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amicable
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and invoking a clear infaction of
International rights together with a long satalogue of the other dreadful consequences which he represento as entailed thereby, it
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insufficient to state that he had no authority to question the leolonial Government on the subject. If his main
object had been the fromation of the interests of ober Majesty's Service he had the authority of right feeling and zeal for Imperial interests.
What
more could he need to call the attention
of this Govemment to so startling statement in a neuropaper. unlips
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