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been demanded by the Chinese Authorities under Article. 21 of the Treaty of Tientsin.

Lord Salisbury is

not

aware

which

to

the

а

of

the reasons

nature of the

against

161

crime alleged

the accused,

whether it was

a

taking by

the Examination

mistake

of

another

person

Papers of

evasion from custody,

the shape

n

and

Marceny

in

of

a

wrongful appropriation

the

led the Governor withheld this case from umal hearing before Magistrate, and

information forwarded by

is not sufficient His Excellency to enable His Lordship

to form any Spinion

as

conclusive

to the exact

nature

of the papers coupled with escape from custody.

In

the

latter

contingency

Lord Salishery

that the Chinese

assumes

Authorities would be justified

in