To the Editor of the Sm,—You state in your issue of the Daily News of the Wth wht. that two mandarins, a detective and a sergeant of ipal Police Force, and several runners from the city went down to Woosung to seize on board the British steamer Gwalior two officials connected with the Chinese Embassy in London, As it is pi lo that the charge laid against these individuals was political one and therefore not covered by extradition treaties, might I ask, First, how the commander of the Gwalior cane to admit on board the party and give them permission to search his ship 1 and, Second, how a sergeant and detective of the Shanghai Municipal Police found them-_pelitical affair city rainners, have for their Police Force in preserving good order, and had better refrain from making themselves political agents, Shanghai, 29th March,
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