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such matters on
the part of the
Chinese Authorities, the extension
of that
comity
to the arrest
of
subjects must originate with
Chinese subjects
the Chinese Authorities. No fiction
of
Law would justify
Authorities in assuming
the British
extension of that comity to the
case
of Chinese subjects who should
escape from
Kowloon or
on
British custody in
Hong Kong
and take
Chinese soil.
the general question
of refuge
As
regards
placing
the authorities at
Hong Kong
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Hong Kong
in direct communication
with the Chinese Authorities, Tam
to inform you
that Lord Clarendon
concurs in Earl
Granville's observations
upon
this subject, as contained in
your
letter
of the 13th of March,
and he will instruct Sir R. Alcock
to endeavour to make arrangements
for
communication, in cases
of emergency,
between the Colonial
Officers
of
and the Chinese Local
Authorities, with a view to mutual
assistance to prevent disorder, or to track out fugitive criminals,
whose