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been established beyind
doubt on
the testimony of many persons (some of whom had
me cmi
ceivable intérest in
speaking untruth, and gave their evidence
with extreme reluctance) that the arrests actually tok place in a house situated in British Shoroloon; that the
ens were
arrested persons
conveyed the
ed thence through ate which separates
galé British from Chinese territory; and that as the persons arrested had been seen for considerable time in and about the house
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a
question, there was excuse on the ground of instant pursuit.
It
It
was also established, that the Viceroy
Q
was
misinformed as to the presence of a foreign official at the barrier, there being no officer of the Government, stationed" there, or within.
long distance from it.
While Sir William Des Voeux very much regrets the result of this enquiry, and would have greatly preferred,
that it had established the correctness of that version of the facts which
furnished to stis Excellency the Vicerry he is thereby compelled,
further and most urgent
to make
a
demand for the arrested persons for reconveyance--
to
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