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at present of an uncertain nature.
I am unable to give more than the gist of Kr Iwung's version of President Diaz' words, though the interpreter who accompanied Mr Tuong will doubtless have recorded the statements with accuracy.
Mr Luenc, to whom I explained Senor Mariscal's counter-proposal, as set forth in the body of this Despatch, says that the China Company would be disinclined to accept such a solution, which would certainly be adverse to their interests, the persons composing the Commission being necessarily inferior to Dr Valenzuela in technical knowledge of the disease in question, and as such, would be reluctant to give an opinion contrary to his testimony.
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