Medico Delegado" for Mexico, and according to telegraphic advices from Hong Kong in reply to our enquiry the appointment was made by the Mexican Consul there. The Government disclaims such appointment, saying that even if made, it was unauthorized. The position thus taken up by the Government is untenable, as every Government is responsible for the acts of its officials.
The Company had proposed through its attorneys to the Government to land the passengers at the Observation Barracks in order not to detain the ship, as there are 305 Northern Chinese waiting at Manzanillo for her returning to China, and to send down a specialist, nominated by the Government but paid by the Company, to examine the men, undertaking to take back to China by the next steamer those that were found sick of trachoma, while those that were found free of trachoma should be allowed pratique. This was refused by the Government, claiming that Dr. Valenzuela is the only doctor that knows anything about trachoma in this country, and that he had been out to China to study this very disease. The truth is that while out in