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cial, is an attribute of Sovereignty which cannot be re-
nounced by any Treaty, and consequently, the Treaty conclu-
ded with China has not been infringed, neither have the
Article. in the Mo. loan Constitution, to which reference is
made in the complaint, been violated; and even supposing
that such violation had taken place, our laws afford means
for rectifying violations of the Constitution, and those
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not been employed.
My Government are convinced of the high sense of
juetice of Your Excellency's Government, and therefore,
hope that they will understand a procedure which undoubted-
ly would also be adopted by Great Britain in analogous ca-
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I have etc.
( signed) Pedro L-scrain.
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