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5. sa rogaɔde t.#. "Tean", I do not think that there
is a clear ause for contending that the seizure of the
veswol in the harbour war rondared possible ay such
allgo on the part of cho Chinono author
would justify the presentation of a claime
The peculiar
topographical conditions nt tothon whoro Iwatazi
chips abohor in the open won of the notuan traます。 night
render it impossible for the least autheritisa to afford
tho sanen pzorousko2 so oould be called Zor on
the Yurigtsn river. COOOO.co aborn Lui onolo 202
in your despatch No. 758 (11/751 ) of July 4th, the
paasongers on the vessel included the Caxtoma caperintendent
of the port as well as a Chinese general, and the chine DE
aight not doubly arn that the prosono of these
officials on the steamer was is itself evide so that all
powaible etopa hud Doe oty・
therefore consider that no claim should be filed in this dead.
As regards future cases, these must, as I have
premised at the beginning of paragraph ♬ above, be sea-
6.
ooh on it ou corito.
To some extent it will
be necessary to ignore legul considerations and to babe
doolsloan az shot is politionlly advisco2c.
when in
I understand
however, that on motion is new pensing in the long g
ourton which chinowe are whaining against la kajesty'
Government in resy:ot of the sinking of s.k. "Irene" by