COPY.
No.12.
Enclosure 5.
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U.S. Consulate, Hong Yong,
March, 25th. 1898.
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge. the receipt of
your letter No.408 of the 18th. instant, in answer to ay despatch
of the 10th. instant and to thank you' for the information contained
therein.
In the concluding paragraph of letter you say.-
"While this Government is anxious to assist the Consuls of other
powers in every legitimate way,
it is desirable that such Consuls
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should see that the requests they make are in accordance with the
laws in force in the Colony.
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I take it for granted that the request referred to
that was not in "accordance with the laws etc." was contained in
my letter to the Honourable Captain Superintendent of Police, dated
February 21st. 1898, re one A. Brenner (see exhibit A hereunto
attached).
Insomuch as said letter was an official fora, (Fora
No.34) laid down in the U. S. Consular Regulations which was
supposedly drawn up in line with the Treaty between the U.S. and
Great Britain of June 3rd. 1892 and all U.S. Consuls resident in the
British Empire being instructed to use it when requesting the
arrest of deserters and has been in use since that date, it would
seen that the conflict of opinion is between the Colonial Authori-
ties