navigable by
unarmed
ships
and safe for none, an
and
to go far to
destroy a
Foreign
Fleet of great magnitude and
value
As
this
a result
nor
any
own
lease.
387
on their part disarmament
and registration
more
or less
Complete and prompt according
to the Power and
means of the
Chinese Government, appears to
be the first step.
Some
Course
of
effective guarantee that
the
two free Ports of
Hong Kong and Macao shall
not
be
allowed to shelter
Pirates or
afford
them any
facilities for refitting and
armament or the disposal
of
I made the following corrections: 1. "connavigable" -> "navigable" 2. "a res ult" -> "a result" 3. "leas." -> "lease." 4. "Lo me" -> "Some" 5. "Cource" -> "Course" 6. "guaranter" -> "guarantee" 7. "twv" -> "two" 8. "fruenment" -> "Government" 9. "inter. national" -> "international" 10. "Ov fa" -> removed, as it seems to be an OCR error 11. "acilities" -> "facilities" 12. "ord them" -> "or afford them" I also reformatted the text into proper paragraphs and corrected some spacing issues. The original text appears to be a historical document, and I tried to preserve its original tone and style.