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Inclosure No 12 in Vr-schterte-Dén patch,

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30 MAY 1911

34, of the 16th of May 1911.

To His Excellency the British Minister in the Mexican Re-

public.

The company which I re recent has already had the

honour to address 1.B.H's Tagation asking for the protec-

tion of the interests which have illegally suffered from

the acts of the Mexican Government in prohibiting the land-

ing of the passengers who arrived from Hung Yong in Mexican

ports, under the protection of the constitution of the coun

try and in accordance with tie contract which the Depart-

ment of Co municetions and Public Works has executed with

the China Commercial Steamship Company Ltà.

Your Legation was pleased to take into considera-

tion this delicate matter, and initiuted preliminary nego-

liations to obtain from the Government of the Republic in

accordance with the provision of its own lave and the uni-

versul stipulations of International Law. The negotia-

tions having advanced this far, tue representatives of the

dovaranent auprouted that the matter might be arranged in

sn equitable mammer by administrative process, and for this

purpose, conferences were held with the Chief Executive of

the Republic as ell as with bone of the Secretaries of

State, who by reason of t sir competency, took cognizance

of the y estion raised by the company's claims.

For this purpose, legnd work was undertaken and

specific claims founded on law were only presented, for the

violations which had been comitted by the subordinate au-

thorit.es and sanctioned by the Department of the Interior,

acting in the name of the Prasident of the „epublic.

Lastly,