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the
the action of an Officer of the
Police in boarding Cloughing Police in Mesageries Maritimes Steamer Cradys in September last
It is unfortunate that the
Trench Consul omitted to transmit
to his Government the whole of the correspondence which had passed,
had he done so,
I venture to think there would have been
no
occasion
for any complaint being
made to Her Majesty's Government. I enclose copies of all the
papers in this
case.
They will
explain that the boarding of the "Crady" by the Officer in charge
of the
Wali Police, which was
without doubt irregular,
was merely
in the way of doing
a humane act, for the Inspector
deemed
it necessary to have requested that
the wound on the head of a
boatman inflicted by one of the
crew should be treated by the
Ship's doctor, and to have told the Complainant that
if he wished to take any action, it must be
through the Consul.
Your Lordship will observe
that the correspondence closed with the French Consul's thanks for the explanations which were given to him, and as the affair had originated
in a
comparatively