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slaced in a

situation

muck

бр

Bifficulty

To make any for the rendition

have committeck

more demands

of Criminals who

offences

here and

fled to the mainland is not only useless as the Chinese will not

allow the demand, but it is a

remand which, as it now appears,

have no right to make.

Again if this situation

we

unfortunately became generally known, it would hold out the prospect of

total immunity from all punishment to the enormous Chinese population of strupkong, the majority of whom are at all times

ready to venture on crimes

or violence.

of stunder

I need not point out the

consequences that would follow in the increased insecurity to life

and property in Stoughtons, and the

serious

sugary

inflicted

Colony.

be

that would thus or

on the prosperity of

the

The remedy is one which this Government is powerless to apply but it is simple and within the reach of Ster Majesty's

Government.

A brief compact between the British and the Imperial Chinere Governments would at once place the question of rendition of Criminals