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first attack upon Great Britain alone, made an effort to exclude France from the proposed enquiry. But, in view of the circumstances of the Shakee-Shameen episode, it is clear that French participation in such an enquiry is necessary. This is certainly the view of Monsieur de la Prade, the French Consul at Hong Kong, who was formerly French Consul at Canton and who has had long experience in China. I dis- cussed the matter with him and I find that he is convinced that the request for an enquiry should be refused and that enquiry made now could not produce satisfactory results, and would probably be dangerous. I further learn from Monsieur de la Prade that Monsieur d'Anjou, the present French Consul at Canton, also considers that an enquiry would be useless and dangerous.

(c) At this distance of time it would very difficulty and it would probably in any case be very expensive, to secure the attendance or evidence of non-Chinese witnesses. Chinese witnesses would never dare to give evidence in favour of the British case, whereas the Canton Government could, and doubtless would, manufacture other Chinese evidence to suit its case.

Bir Shou-son Chow anyway has no doubt that this would happen. Moreover, the lapse of time since the event has inevitably invloved a decay in the value of human test- imony.

(d) During the whole peiod of the enquiry, which would probably last many months, anti-British agitation would be excited and kept alive and old resentments, now smouldering, would be fanned into flame.

(e) There is, I fear, no hope whatever of a unanimous finding in favour of the British case by the proposed Inter- national Commission, for the Chinese member would certainly dissent from such a finding otherwise under existing conditions his life might not be safe; and, if the Chinese

member