Copy.
C
30.31.
Sir:-
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BRITISH CONSULATE,
YOKOHAMA.
3 JAN
September 11th, 1901.
Referring to the subject of the application re-
cently made on the initiative of the Hongkong Gov-
erment for the arrest of Ernest Horwitz against whom
a warrant had been issued on a charge of embezzlement,
I had the honour to communicate to you telegraphi-
cally on the 7th instant that the Local Authorities
refused to make the arrest unless authorised by the
Minister of Justice, and now have the honour to re-
port to you what has since transpired.
On receipt of your telegram of the 8th instant
stating that the Government declined to have the ar-
rest effected but that you had desired that the fugi-
tive should be watched, I called on the Governor and
was informed by his Secretary that they had received
instructions to direct the Police to watch the offen-
der as desired and on the arrival of the Steamship
. B. Whitehead Esq.,
&c., &c., &c.,
"Peru"
W