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have held H. Mi Consul open

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grave censure,

had be

upon

the faith

of such an

entirely unsupported tale,

taken upon himself to call in

a

question

in any was disperse the clear right

of confiscation which the Chinese Gove

possessed and,

my opinion

unduly received. What Kwok- a Cheong,

partizans, may

in

any of his friends of

little couscquence,

think is of veryp

to rus

ex

audi

matter of absoluter indifference,

but I hold it

importance

Cry

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same respect for the rights of the Chmere that

any Sudge

we exact for

our

fiers

In this

Case

would have

been entitled to

require

detailed

ard

va.

tisfaisons proof of the actual cuplay of

this chife for

serve

trine

precious

No The

- voyage during which she was seized _ in

the same?

way

trought before

-

I should heat a Araw

me charged

rged with

being in

à house, where he had no

in the middle of the night,

right sobe,

so should I

laves treated this ship, jound four miles

fo

le of the highest

entrusted)

exp

that all whic

I. Mis Gout with the

Con duet

our relations with the Good of China.

Govt

should not in strict accordance with

a river not leading to a Tuaty port - The presumption is that the

the Ship were, the

man

and

one in the house,

the other in the river, for an unlawfull

1

Treaty stipulations

and show.

the

purpose - the omes

of disproving this

presumption