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His Excellency replied that he regretted it was

to

impossible for hem

interfere in any way.

The next day

the

12

12th May 1876-

Private Secretary to the Administrator wailed upon Sir John Smale at his private residence according to instructions given him, and informed him of the interview referred to above, eating that the object of the Consuls had been to-

oblaise the friendly, interponition of t . E . The Administrator, but that His Excellency had declined to interfere

in the matter, that the

537

motives influencing the Consuls in

favor

were

solicitly this

: purely amicable

and directed to the prevention.

of diplomatic action, and that it was with this came

object in view that the Private Secretary

to the

Administrator had been instructed to

• informe.

the

Chief Justice of what had tation place

The Chief Justice replied

a great

that there was a

at blake

principle of Justizi and that the only explanation