CO129-205 - Public Offices - 1882 — Page 368

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undertook to telegraph to Hongkong ordering the immediate surrender to

the Chinese authority's

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the prisoners,

who had already been about 6 months

in prison awaiting extradition. Considering the maller

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having

now been definitely arranged, I reported it as settled to the Imperial

Good.

The course of

events have

Shewn this conclusion to have been Premature, for I have now to informe

Ye, that the Viceroy of since reported to the

Canton has

to the Peking Goot

that, instead of complying with the instructions which fir Charles Dilke

: undertook to issue, the Hongkong authorities in December last, that is, six months after the Under Secretary's telegram must have been received, set the prisoners ab liberty. As it does not appear that this was done

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lueause

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the insufficiency, for entradition

purposes, of the evidence adduced

against the prisoners, I have been instructed by the Isung

Li - Yamên

to draw th's attention to the matter,

and

to request

that

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will be

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so good

grounds

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to the terms

to inform me

surrender of the prisoners

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also to draw th's attention

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the extradition

Artiell above referred to, and & the inconvenience and constant riiscarriage

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in the present

of justice which instance, must inevitably occur, of Considerations equally foreign to the

be Treaty and to extradition wage allowed to interfere with it execution.

But apart from Treaty stipulations, it is hoped that,

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general considerations, Willy will recognize the reccosity of making ther

extradition