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assassinated before we can get a conviction against a man who

incites people to such assassination."

In view of this acquittal my repeated

assurances to the Viceroy that this Government is anxious to

co-operate in the suppression of crime, and has enacted an

Ordinance to make it criminal to publish matter calculated to

excite to disorder or crime in China, become of no account,

and may with good reason be regarded by him as hypocritical,

since the Chinese cannot understand and believe the entire

independence of the Executive enjoyed by the Courts of Law and

Juries.

Since the verdict of the Jury was

apparently based on the summing up of His Honour the Chief

Justice (see the Attorney-General's minute above) I wrote to

His Honour enquiring what alteration (if any) was in his

opinion necessary in the wording of the Ordinance in order to

make it effective against literature advocating the extinction

of the Manchus. I attach copies of the correspondence to-

-gether with a copy of the Chief Justice's "summing up" as

appeared in the local press in the trial referred to.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient,

humble servant,

Mangar

Governor, &C.

Enclosures

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Enclosure 4.