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execution should not necessarily follow every case of

extradition, but even with this very essential safeguard,

there is still apparently a risk of punishment or even

torture being imposed out of all proportion to the offence

from a European point of view.

With regard to paragraph 2 of His Excellency's des-

patch, it seems to be assumed that persons deported from

Hongkong must necessarily be persons who are also wanted

by the Chinese authorities for some offence committed in

China. It is not, however, likely that this can be the

case invariably. It is true that in this country under

the provisions of the Aliens' Act persons who are ordered

to be deported are usually sent to their country of origin

after serving their sentence here, but they are not formally

handed over to the authorities of a foreign state, who if

they wanted them, would apply for their extradition. It also

occasionally happens that fugitives from justice from this

country are sent back to England, especially by the United

States immigration authorities, and are thus brought within

the jurisdiction without the formality of extradition. But

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