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not be in
any
wise ill-treated or
forhired and that he shall, as soor or his evidence has been given, be sent back sofe and sound, be producest at the expense of the Government re questing his appearance. The
Viceroy
assures me that
in making these proposals he is actuated solely by a desire to facilitate the prevention of crime and to mini- -mise the risk of collision with the
Colonial Government.
action in the recent case
of the - ming, showed that he fully
· recognised the inviolability of Hong ! Kong territory, and, however repugnant
to Chiese ideas of rustice
may
refusal to extradite political p
pr
be the
crimine, whose offen.
whose offence in native
eyes is the most heirious possible,
It is Excellency fully admits the binding force of International Law.
When one remembers the
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case of
readiness, almost invariable, of the Chiriere Authorities to meet the wisher
the British Authorities and the west
of
number
ber of cases in which their as- "The Mit !
sistance is indispensable, it is difficult
not to sympathise with the Viceroy's feeling of irritation at the apparent absence of that reciprocity which re.
on the Treaty be naturally look
lying
for.
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E. St. Fraser.
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not be in any wise ill-treated or forhired and that he shall, as soon as his evidence has been given, be sent back safe and sound, be produced at the expense of the Government requesting his appearance. The Viceroy assures me that in making these proposals he is actuated solely by a desire to facilitate the prevention of crime and to minimise the risk of collision with the Colonial Government.
His action in the recent case of the - ming, showed that he fully recognised the inviolability of Hong Kong territory, and, however repugnant to Chinese ideas of justice may be the refusal to extradite political prisoners, whose offence in native eyes is the most heinous possible, His Excellency fully admits the binding force of International Law.
When one remembers the readiness, almost invariable, of the Chinese Authorities to meet the wishes of the British Authorities and the number of cases in which their assistance is indispensable, it is difficult not to sympathise with the Viceroy's feeling of irritation at the apparent absence of that reciprocity which one naturally looks for on the Treaty lying.
St. E. St. Fraser.