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on -20

military officers

were arrested

to

cross the

account allow

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any

or Common soldiers

en and cause

frontien

compli

cations and it should be our mutual.

duty while diligently observing the stipulations of treaty not to lightly

heed to unfounded

ded rumouto

pay any

and stories without

truth which

any

give rise to enspicion and bad feeling.

& no

necessary communication.

I have

of Chang Chih-tung.

that soldiers had pursued the two men in quection from Chinese into British territory

where they

is not in accordance with what

said by Wu lan-Chung

other three men.

wvas

and the

As regards what he heard,

he heard it from the accomplices of

Nu lin-chi.

At this spot is stationed a

foreign officer and it is strange that if the infringement.

лосо

antially

committed and the arrect effected

that he did not come

by

forward

d and

and prevent it but that he should

have allowed.

any

one

to take upon

himself to arrest and carry away any person.

Phope therefore that you will

ack His Excellency the Governor of

không trong

and I

to give

"feel"

orders

for

an

investigation

sure that it will be

established that no violation did take

place