quard at their zeal & efforts bring counteracted, & their position deprived of the influence wh:
ohd attack to it,
ao
we had
seen was the case with gend
Capron & with other foreign
officers who had taken seurice
under the Japanese Goot. Nor be Long admitted that he had
not foreseen this pomibility.
For my own part I beg permission to add that US
Officers relieved of the responsibilities
arc
subject
to wh: Portal Officers bi America or Europe & hamstring by Japanese interference &
control
& control wd
41
in
my
opinion,
not supply the foreign public
in Japan with
a
reliable
Suarantee that their portal.
Interests wd be well attended to.
as bearing upon the degree of
trust that
may
be reposed
in the papancoe Gost for the delivery of mails. I may mention that copies of every telegram sent along Japanere wires is forwarded to a bureau of inspection
at Yedo.
In conclusion I have to forward
to YL. a copy of a report by 23 Mitchell, the Portinarter few!
of