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copies of which are enclosed in Sir E. Sabow's des-

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Patch no mention of "torture" occurs, it being merely

stated that the authority by whom the offender is

delivered up, "shall have the right to depute an of-

ficer to attend at the trial, if the circumstances

of the case should be either of a suspicious nature

or of great importance".

On such anunderstanding and if the Chinese of-

ficial be considered as holding merely a watching

brief on behalf of his countryman, without any right

of interference, Lord Lansdowne would see no objec-

tion to the arrangement being considered reciprocal

in character.

In His Lordship's opinion the matter might be

allowed to rest where it has been left by the cor-

respondence exchanged between General Dorward and

the Governor of Shantung, as the case of a Chinees

official being sent to Wel-Hai-Wei to attend the

trial of a Chinese offender handed over by the au-

thorities