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reconcile this claim with treatment such as that meted out

to Low Peng Kiah? Do you not realise the seriousness of

the effect on public opinion and on the views of my

Government when cases such as this are brought to light?

I have protested on previous occasions against the

injustice to which Low Peng Kiah has been subjected, and I

now protest with all possible emphasis against this latest

outrage against him on the part of the Opium Suppression

Bureau. In the interests of common justice and of the

friendly relations between our two countries, I demand that

the money of which Low has been robbed be returned to him at

once, that all concerned in the robbery be condignly punished

and that the persecution which is being conducted against Low

shall cease for good and all. If these legitimate demands

are not complied with, it will be clear that open extortion

is condoned by the Government and that the principles of

justice are of no account in Swatow.

I am now reporting this case to His Majesty's

Government and to His Majesty's Minister at Peking, and I

trust that your action will be such as to enable me shortly

to report further that justice has been done.

I have etc.,

(Sgd.) Cecil Kirke.

H. M. Consul.

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