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the Chinese who protects himself does not harbour himself in this protection so that he may be saved from punishment if he deserves it. In this Consular Court I decided to close up an Association for having admitted gambling and not long ago
What I do I imprisoned a protege because he was a gambler. not and I never will do, is to imprison every one that is accused of debts or other faults until and after the truth
is fully proved.
Mr. Blackburn, who acted so lightly and so unjustly not so long ago, when I had to tell to the Senior Consul:- "I do not much care that that Assessor ignores the ends of our protection nor the rights which the Foreign Representatives have according to their treaties, nor even if he ignores the meaning and purposes of these treaties, what I do care and want from him is the respect Foreign Consulates deserve and that when he has anything to do with them to know how to keep his proper place", And then Mr. Blackburn acknowledged his errors and he had to apologize in an open Session in the Mixed Court and with the official communication of the Senior
Consul.
I cannot believe that Mr. Blackburn has acted in such a hurry as to give the details of a pending matter to the Press when such news can possibly decide the status of the defendant, and if he gave the copy of the details and documents as published, it is more than enough to disqualify him as an
Neither can I believe that Mr. Blackburn said that
Assessor.
he would go behind the Consulates, against the fulfilment of the treaties, his personality is too modest to do such a thing.
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