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Powers to make a Treaty with China, and he would be
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glad of any suggestions on the subject, and to know
how the draft Treaty had struck Your Lordship, if you
had had time to consider it.
I asked Senhor Villaca if there was any special
point as to which he desired the opinion of His
Majesty's Government. He said he did not want to
particularise any point, but merely to ask for com-
ments on the draft Treaty as a whole, as he should
like to feel, in presenting it to the Cortes, that
it was in accordance with the general interests of
all European Powers having relations with China.
As the present session of the Cortes is not
likely to be a long one, Your Lordship may perhaps
feel disposed to favour me with a telegraphic reply,
in the event of your having any particular observa-
tions to offer.
(Signed)
I have &c.,
M. de Bunsen.