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is that under the 21th Article of the Treaty of Tientsin H.M. Govt cannot of strict right refuse to deliver a criminal ground that will there be applied to criminal for suspecting that torture will be applied to him. But humanity requires that every step taken, possibly even to the extent of determing Worton, should be taken to assure that torture is not inflicted on criminals, and to see that the promises of the Chinese officials are fulfilled, and no torture is inflicted.

It appears from a letter of Messrs. Brereton and Wotton that they suggest that advantage has been taken of the opportunities for themselves to assure that the promises of the Chinese are fulfilled, and that the British Court should not assist in any way in relation to the infliction of torture before the treaty is fulfilled.

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that willing to affix their seal on affixing torture rendered practical by ensuring Deacon dated July blimeze Court extend the already given that he inflicted Thall to Ma Büchert An.

The wish is that the action of the treaty will prevent British Court assisting in any way in relation to the infliction of torture.

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203 is that under the 21th Article of the Treaty of Tientsin H.M. Govt cannot of strict right refuse to deliver a criminal ground that will there be applied to criminal for suspecting that torture will be applied to him. But humanity requires that every step taken, possibly even to the extent of determing Worton, should be taken to assure that torture is not inflicted on criminals, and to see that the promises of the Chinese officials are fulfilled, and no torture is inflicted. It appears from a letter of Messrs. Brereton and Wotton that they suggest that advantage has been taken of the opportunities for themselves to assure that the promises of the Chinese are fulfilled, and that the British Court should not assist in any way in relation to the infliction of torture before the treaty is fulfilled. # 42 that willing to affix their seal on affixing torture rendered practical by ensuring Deacon dated July blimeze Court extend the already given that he inflicted Thall to Ma Büchert An. The wish is that the action of the treaty will prevent British Court assisting in any way in relation to the infliction of torture.
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is

that

under

the 21th Article of

the Treaty of Tientsin H.M.

Gout cannot of strict-right

refuze

the

пейза

torture

to

deliver a criminal ground that

will

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for suspecting that

be applied

to

criminal. But humanity

that

every step taken, possibly even

the extent of determing

Worton

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affind

torture

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Thall

criminals, and to

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Ma

Büchert

An

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promises of the

Chinese

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present

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action of the

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letter of Mess.

from Brereton,

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suggest that

is inflrited.

both in

particular

to its

general question, advantage taken of the opportun

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