the principle that it is expedient "A criminal should be tried by " the tribunals of the Country " laws of which he has offended,
" and that where the wrong is done,
there the trial should take
"place" : I am quite certain & nothing but failure could be the result of any efforts to make the Chinese Govt consent to its application in the case of
of Chinese fugitives from Hongkong justice.
I have ...
(Sal) Arthur Rutherford Alcock
Copy
Sir,
I transmit
Polling
July 13/69.
to you,
On 11th July
334
herewith, the
copy of a despatch with inclosures, which I have received from the Earl of Clarendon
on
the subject of your correspondence with the Governor of Hongkong upon the question of the pursuit & capture on Chinese territory by the Police of that Colony, of criminals escaping to the mainland. You will take such steps as may be in your power to give effect to Lord Granville's wish, confirmed by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, as to necessary
communication between
the subordinate Authorities on each side of the boundary, & report
the result to me.
(Sd) Rutherford Alcock