needed on this houd, it
مصور
has ecen abundantly supplied by the resolute and persistent reposal of the Government to ratify the Portuguese treaty. from the
the moment th
they
dissevered that the Portug
version
tecve
sion might be interpreted
هم شیر تم میں اسلام کا نمبر
a
cession of Macao,
or at least a post facto recognition
of luopul possession, notwithstanding
bey
dte
well
txare
it has in
reality long passed from their hands, and to all appearance irrecoverably
10.
If a Foreign Power, therefore,
desire the possession of any portion
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of this territory not already obtained, however isolated it may be,
worthless themselves, there is only
one means
chance
to the Chinese
exce
offering the slightest
of success.
and that is
the employment of force. Islands or portions of the mainland
may
be
taken without the consent
of the Government; but
will certainly not be ceded as
during
the
minority of the
Emperor and the feeble
Regency
"Whether it might be
possible at the approaching
revision
of the Treaty
to obtain