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since, that a

existed

and that

not very long

difficulty between the Government of England of Portugal, masmuch as the laws of Portugal prohibited the penalty of death for the crime

of muvider, so that murderers could not be given up from Portuguese territory unless the stipulations were given

that they should not be though found guilty.

It will

executed.

even

a nation possessing

therefore be seen that, when a highly civilised nation is called upon to give up cumenals to a lower state of Civilisation every precaution must be exercised as to the

upon

which such prisoners are passed into another purisdiction. Upon this subject

long remembered in Hong Hong

as aw

motonce

of the jealousy with which England desires to guard her right to give refuge to political offenders even in out of the way dependencies like this Colony Under some mistaken impression, this Chimaman was given up to the Chimese authorities, and the consequent indignation of the Government officials heard and felt for years

Downing

Sheet

was

afterwards. Indeed, the case of the Mo Wang

led up I believe, to an understanding which we definite reading

are

justified in styling of the earsting Treaty.

a new ov

Now for the eleven Chinese for whom I

usually

led the

plead

I must say first that

ictradition England has way in surrounding political refugees with

perfectly fee Country

all the protection which a

could afford : and in this taking her stound upon

man to liberty, unless

Im Abstract right of wery

he has made himself amenable to the common

lau's

of humanity or to some special. Treaty concludes with his own Government, she has sometimes incurred the

envy

and set will of less favored nations. The case of the Mo

Wang will be long

Every

one

· possessing

any knowledge of the Chinese of the Southern provinces, and especially of those districts of the Canton Province

Hong Kong, knows how common are those clan and family feuds of old

near

with all their horrors. there is

place where the old.

hardly

another

saying might is right. la force prime le droit, is better illustrated than here. There is no chance for the most- sacred rights and juskst

causes against the

united