the matter,
Chang investigated matter, took down the evidence, and decided the
care
according referred by the Prefect and
to law This decision was
ex
Magistrate to the
the latter to the Viceroy,
by the
and
20 Jen change of
chi
evas
a servant in the
placed in
Yamen. On the 24th of June Jo Jen-chi took advantage of the abacus of his
guardian and escaped, and although
attempte
many
have been made to
arrest him he has up to the present
eluded capture.
The circumstances
have at
already
been.
of his escape reported to the Viceroy, Liang Ying. the custodian in question reports that he has ascertained that so Jen-chi has escaped to Hong Kong and is residing top storey of a foreign hong
in the
in
Sam Shih-Chien, and he requests that application be made
e for his
arrest and rendition. He also
638
states that the rumer Mai-chang
and other: can
can go to Hongkong, point out his where about, identify
him:
and
give
evidence. By Article XXI of the treaty of Tientsin, "Criminals, subjects of China, shall take refuge in Hongkong they shall "upon due requisition by the Chinese "Authorities be searched for, arrested, "and delivered up." Now the said Liang ying
and other have discovered that Jo Jen-chi escaped
so that
to Hongkong and a requisition should in accordance with the Treaty, be made to the Foreign Authorities for his arrest and rendition so The may be dealt with at Canton, and the Magistrate begs that a despatch may be addressed to Mr Consul Alabaster for transmission to the Governor of Hongkong should be requested to direct the Arrest and delivery to the Viceroy
who
states