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Surrender to the Chinese.
Government of two Chinese Fugitives charged with the
crime of Pracy, and I am
in compliance
to inform you with the request of the Earl
of Kimberley to be informed
of
the answer
which in
Lord Granville's opinion
should be sent to that
Enquiry,
that
if,
as Lord.
Granville presumes, the
Pracy
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Piracy referred to in the ~ Telegram is Piracy jure
gentium, it would seem that the crime is not within the Extradition Clause of the Treaty of Tientsin, and that
the Prisoners should be committed for trial at the Supreme Court of Hong Kong,
as decided by the Judicial
Committer
of the Privy Council
in the Appeal Case
of
The
Attorney