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not obliged at present to go to Macao
for their ruigrant
would then be forced
probably
arr
ow
alternative which
shim and)
impair the character of
their Imigration to the great prejudice
of Chinese interests:
13.
I therefore
that Sir
anv
sorry
Rucherford Alcock in writing
to Prince
himself more
King did not express himself
reservedly as to Emigration under contract
and I think it also unfortunate that
decidedly invites the Chinese
he
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Government to declare the carriage of Chinese Coolies except
on conditions defined
by that Government to be Piracy. From
the context and the words used, Prince King might be induced to infer that
a
Chinese Edict could change acts done
by Foreigners outside of Chinese Jurisdiction into Piracy "jure gentium", although they did not previously bear that character.
14.
Nevertheless, it is difficult to
imagine that Her Majesty's
Minister
intended to lay down a
principle so opposed to International Law, and a
passage in his enclosed letter of the 22
June to myself with that view, though
somewhat inconsistent
on the other hand
he declares that "such an Edict would
"Strike
"Sanctioned
blow at all traffic not so
no matter from whence the "Ship sailed or under what flag"
Enclo 18.
I enclose
Attorney General's
an
opinion of the
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