to A. Mi's Govt & I am bound to beg attention to the fact that the adoption of it in its present form was due, mainly, if not en
entirely, Is the efforts of 12. Mayers, who, ast reported in my Desp. N: 142 of the 10th July, had by my desire proceeded to Tientsin to negotiate in effect a beginning of negotiations,
his Report showed, difficulty with the
Mr.
Mayers
had more
Chinese than with the Peruvians.
•
I have shown earlier how completely
The God? Genti
surrendered the
position for which he had fought with a rudeness not short of brutality. It is noteworthy that in
one particular he went, even farther in concession than
tually,
an any
one had expected, admitting in
468
the words of the Burlingame Treaty That China recognises the inalien.
inalienable
right of every Chinese to denationalize himself. There is nothing opposed to the belief of an orthodox Chinese.
I have
&c.
(Sd) J. F. Wade.
mave
the