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nestore her and

pay

him

damages for her detention, it is altogether untenable, as I have informed H.E. Sir Richard

MacDonnell in

my despatch

4 of June of which

a copy

was sent to

you. No useful result can

ise from

singing utterly unreasonable

an

argument. It affords

on the contrary, a very strong

inducement to the Chinese

Authorities

in any future case

to refuse any mitigation at the intercession of the Minister at Peking

or to abate

any portion

of their legal rights. It is

the

more

important therefore

that the misconstruction of the

acts both of the Chinese Government

and of H.M.

Minister publicly put upon

them by the Chairman

of

the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce should be equally

publicly corrected, that other

Kwok-a-Cheong shipowners like Kwok-u Cheong.

may

not be misled to their loss.

And that this statement

of the bearing of the Treaty and the powers given under

the 47th clause

may

have all the weight

with

those whom it

may

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234 nestore her and pay him damages for her detention, it is altogether untenable, as I have informed H.E. Sir Richard MacDonnell in my despatch 4 of June of which a copy was sent to you. No useful result can ise from singing utterly unreasonable an argument. It affords on the contrary, a very strong inducement to the Chinese Authorities in any future case to refuse any mitigation at the intercession of the Minister at Peking or to abate any portion of their legal rights. It is the more important therefore that the misconstruction of the acts both of the Chinese Government and of H.M. Minister publicly put upon them by the Chairman of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce should be equally publicly corrected, that other Kwok-a-Cheong shipowners like Kwok-u Cheong. may not be misled to their loss. And that this statement of the bearing of the Treaty and the powers given under the 47th clause may have all the weight with those whom it may
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nestore her and

pay

him

damages for her detention, it is altogether untenable, as I have informed H. & . Fir Richard

MacDonnell in

گیرید

my despatch

4 of June of which

of the 14

copy

ava d

sent to

useful result can

5 you

90

ise from

singing utterly unreasonable

an

argument. It affords

on the contrary, a very strong

inducement to the Chinese

Authorities

any future case

to refuse any mitigation at the intercession of the Minister at Peking

or to abate

any portion

of their legal rights. It is

the

more

important therefore

that the misconstruction of the

acts both of the Chinese Government

H. Ms.

ent and of H.

Minister publicly put upon

them by the Chairma

މ

of

f

the Hongtong Chamber Commerce should be equally

publicly corrected, that other

Kwok-a-Cheong shipowners like Mwok-u Cheong.

may

loss.

not be misled to their

And that this statement-

of the bearing of the Treaty and the powers given under

th clauses

the 47

may

and

4.7

have all the weight

with

th those whom it

may

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