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mere abstract right could have demanded
great, at all events than was liked.
by the Chinese.
that when he first
look over charge of the Viceroyalty-
from enquiries he instituted and
the information be gained, he at once perceived that the matter was fraught great danger; that he
then as well as he did that a
In fact the
the cruisers should do nothing
and smuggling remain unchecked. I interrupted the Viceroy by
saying I thought he had misunderstood
me. What I intended to
Convey
was
the possibility of devising some scheme
Imperial
interests might be
by which the
protected and yet allow of the ...
a great
withdrawal
of
a great deal of smuggling from Hongkong took place and there it was - absolutely impossible for him to give
orders that no search whatever
should be made, and that in fact
the Cordon of Cruisers
from the
Approaches and the immediate vicinity of Hongkong.
The Viceroy then went on
to say that what he could do was to order that the strict supervision
should
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