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H.B.M.Consulate-General,
Canton,
24th August,
1910.
Having reference to your despatch No.63 of the 22nd
instant, on the subject of certain opium seized in the Tseng
would Ch'eng and Samshui districts, I beg to invite your attention
to my despatch No.29 of the 18th instant addressed to His Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires, copy of which was transmitted to
you on the same date.
You will therefrom gather that the Opium Prohibition
in question Bureau informed me that at a personal interview that the opium
was seized, not because it had not paid the new levy nor bequalse
it found itself in transit, but because of certain infractions
of established regulations committed by those who had charge of
it. It is for Messra.Sasa cons to prove the contrary, for unless
they are able to do so, I do not propose to interfere with the punishment of Chinese subjecte for transgressing the laws of their own country, Every Chinese, who has anything #hatever to do with
opium, whether as dealer or smoker, knows, or ought to know,
perfectly well that he has to comply with certain official pres-
criptions and that failure so to do involves punishment by im-
prisonment or fine. If he chooses to ignore them he must abide
by the consequences.
In this connection I would draw your attention to the awkward position in which one finds oneself, if one puts forward
a case to which the Chinese officials can offer a clear refuta-
tion.
It damages the presentation of scind cases, inasmuch as it weakens the force of argument, and from this point of view
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