COPY.
No.2081.
205
Colonial Secretary's Office.
Hong Kong,
13th. November, 1900.
sir,
In reply to your letter of the 8th.
instant, I am directed to enquire whether, in the event of
extradition being granted, an undertaking will be given
by the Chinese Authorities that Liao u will not be subjecte
to torture, and whether an official delegated by you will
be permitted to attend at the trial of the accused to satis-
fy himself that he has not been so tortured.
I have etc.,
(Sd) J. H. Stewart-Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.
Her Britannic Majesty's Consul-General,
CANTON.
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