A Peking dispatch states that Their Excellencies the Grand Councillors Na Pung and Yuan Shih-kai in obedience to the Imperial commands to approach the British Government on the of the sojourn of Sun Yat-sen, alias Wen, the anti-monarchist leader, in British territory, called upon Sir John Jordan, the British Minister in Peking, om the same day of receiving Her Majesty's commands. The reply their Excellencies received from the British Minister when asked to refuse harbour age to the revolutionist is reported, was that so long didn't violate the laws of the land. in. which be was residing it was against the principles of the British Constitution to refuse such person permission to reside in British territory.
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