L
I
டர
256
hold Canton against any attempt
be made to dispossess
which may them of the city
H. M" forst are however of opinion that the time has come
au
for making arrangements under which Cauton, Since it's capture, has been hit and that
alteration in the
by the allied forces, henceforth it should be held
by the combined forces in the Military occupation and under Martial law, until a satisfactory
Settlement
settlement of the questions with the Chinese fount has been effective.
The experience which ur have had of ther state of things since the occupation of Canton
serves to show, even
if the threatening demonstration against the allied forces, to which Thave adverted, should not astume,
a more decided Character, that no reliqner can be placed on the Chincer officers who have been suffered to continue to exercise authority in the City, wither
themselves
J