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7.
Such are the facts of this
nee in
case, a copy of the correspondence connection with which is herewith
enclosed.
I feel confident that
8.
will at once
you
recognise
the
importance politically and otherwise of preserving intact the inviolability of the territory of this Colony, and what serious consequences might
ensue
were
if
cases,
permitted
such as the present,
pass unnoticed. I have, __ refore, to request that.
to
there
you will
make strong representations to the
proper authorities at Peking with
a view to a
street inquiry
into
the
the facts of this case.
نا
If, a
as is
alleged by the Viceroy of Canton, Chan Tim has been guilty of an offence (other than political), against the laws of China, a -formal application should have been made by the Chinese Government in accordance with "streaty, for his extradition.
I have fe.
of
(signed) G. F. Bowen.