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General named Ferg had been

Engaged for our sise years in trying to

suppress these brigands; that though

he had a face of seven

thousands

Mnew, and had repended oven as

million tails in his campaigns,

he had not been able to suppress

single

le hörden. M. de Thiers out said.

he was instructed by the Freuch

Commissioner to ack, if he could.

perenade the Chinese filibusters

to retire to Chinese territory

Tonguins, could the

and leave Tonguin, licerry procure then

aus, accusalij

Jo

for their past crimes ? To this the

Eriery replied 20 - the utmost he

could do was to promise that all

of the filibuster who had committed

crimes in China should be granted

a fair trial; that there who had.

126y

itted crimes in

should be let alone as

in Forglind

long as they

they

were not prosecuted, but

tven

must submit to police durveillana,

and bould be dealt with with the

utmost severity if they made the

least disturbance.

M.

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