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in regard to the two latter countries.

The Treaty

of 1886 with the United States was still the only ex-

isting Extradition Treaty and the Japanese Government

did not consider it satisfactory.

Germany has the

benefit of this Treaty by a provision in the Protocol

annexed to her Consular Convention with Japan.

Mr. Miyaoka pronised that in two or three months'

time, when the negotiations with Belgium and Holland

were somewhat further advanced, he would let me have

a copy of one or other of the drafts confidentially.

I have &c.,

(Signed)

J. B. Whitehead.