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was done by his orders, and I much regret that we, who are constantly appealing to the Authorities containing to the Chinese anchorage of breaches of International Law should ourselves set the example of infraction. Nothing I hold is more important than a strict adherence to the law of territorial jurisdiction, and nothing I conceive is more likely to entail embarrassment and trouble than a disregard of it.

On the 10th Instant I called on your Excellency and read your dispatch to him. He protested he had done all in his power to carry out the Proclamation, and more than half, but that did not render less necessary a stringent supervision by the Official, whose duty it is to see to the security of the Consulate, and I intimated that if one or two Steam Gunboats were detached for the sole purpose of examining all junks for stink pots and throwing them overboard if found, much of the evil, if it existed, would be remedied, the junk people would soon find out that it would not answer to carry that kind of

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was done by his orders, and I much regret that we, who are constantly appealing to the Authorities containing to the Chinese anchorage of breaches of International Law should ourselves set the example of infraction. Nothing I hold is more important than a strict adherence to the law of territorial jurisdiction, and nothing I conceive is more likely to entail embarrassment and trouble than a disregard of it. On the 10th Instant I called on your Excellency and read your dispatch to him. He protested he had done all in his power to carry out the Proclamation, and more than half, but that did not render less necessary a stringent supervision by the Official, whose duty it is to see to the security of the Consulate, and I intimated that if one or two Steam Gunboats were detached for the sole purpose of examining all junks for stink pots and throwing them overboard if found, much of the evil, if it existed, would be remedied, the junk people would soon find out that it would not answer to carry that kind of
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was done by his orders, and I much

regret

that wi

who are

constauity

Authorities

Courtaining to the Chimers anchonlas

of breaches of International Law should

its

ourselves set the example of infraction. Tothing I hold is mac imratant than a strict

appealed to me whether firrmen, had not declined to

مستشار

years

19

159

half, what

since. I admitted

it was it had and perhaps be

owe

бу

Therence

ou om

hart is the law

of territorial durisdiction, and

nothing I conceive is more

likely

i entail umberrapment and

trouble than

a disregard of it.

On the 1018 Instant I called on

your

the Lise Pron and read Jer patch to him. He protested he had love and was doing all in his power to carry out the Proclamation, and

Mac

than

half, but that did not renter

lep necchary a stringent superosion

the

Official, whose duly it is to see to the security of the Consis, and I tos of the

intimated that if one or Steam Gunboats, were detached for the sole purpose of examining all

junks for stink pols and throwing them overboard if found, much of the evil, if it existed, would be remedied, the junk people

As

would soon find out that it would

not answer.

G

carry that Kind of

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