"his gentums" China have
admitted the right—long
never
since conceded
to Great Britain by the Treaty Powers
and even
by Prutiny and Persin, I
alluded to by Sir Rutherford Alcock, viz: the right of restricted intercourse, and the reception of Consuls at all open Ports, Force of limited right to establish Consuls at
five
20
—aims
extorted she
called Treaty Ports, and
Hongkong
is excluded from the —privilege of a Treaty Port, whilst, as
a matter of fact, China does not possess and has
has in
no way
merited the
privilege of the Treaty Powers, there seems not a shadow of a claim on Her Majesty's Government to do this
201
240
great wrong, on
The
ground of reciprocity,
or
of a parallel between China and the
other Treaty Powers.
93.
But Sir Rutherford says
now claims this privilege
China
the price
of concessions made to Hongkong, e.g.
a right of transhipment at Hongkong
one
Treaty Port and
of goods
between another, which is manifestly
A
very
limited and feeble privilege. This Committee, however, firmly believes that no such price for that concession would be demanded if the negotiator had
been other than Sir Rutherford
Alcock, who himself invented and
on
appointment of a Consul here, and who pressed
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