Treaty.
Canton No.118
Dec.29, 1009
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FEB 7 1910/
Peking.
January 19, 1910.
Tish reference to your telegram No.1 Treaty of the
15th instant, and my telegraphic reply of the 17th, I have
the honour to transmit to you herewith copy of a despatch
from His Majesty's Consul General at Canton respecting the
rendition to the Fongkong Authorities of a "hinese resi-
dent in the leased territory, who is implicated in the
murder,
within the confines of that territory, of two
Indian polloemen, and who escaped across the horder to
China, where he was arrested and is now in custody.
The points at issue in the case are clearly set forth
in the correspondence which passed between Yr.Jamisson
and the Viceroy. The Tonzul General demanded the surren-
der of the man on the rounde that Great Britain had sole
jurisdiction in the leased territory, that the crime was
committed within such jurisdiction, and that the accused,
The Right Honourable,
eir Edward "rey, Hart., V.P.
etc.
etc.
nto.
baing