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Speaking with some personal experience of the

cases which come before the foreign Consuls in Canton, I

absolutely deny that British merchants who have bona fide

claims against Chinese merchants in Canton, are placed at

a disadvantge as compared with other foreigners owing to

their Consular officials' unwillingness or inability

to obtain satisfaction for them.

I will go further and say that, in my opinion,

an opinion supported by persons, both foreign and Chinese,

well qualified to judge, the British Consulate-General,

which, broadly speaking, deals with twice as many commer-

cial cases during the year as all the other Consulates put

together, does actually obtain settlement of a larger pro-

portion of cases then any other foreign Consulate.

I have termed the Chief Justice's reference to

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the Router Brookelmann case "unfortunate", because, apart

from the fact that in this case the German Consul's action,

so far from assisting his nationals' interests, very

nearly involved them in a boycott, and, apart from the

fact that he has up to date obtained no satisfaction at

all,