of
these curious stations,
to run the risk of further
Difficulties
regards the formal occupation
and
settling
as
defining
now fixed for the 17
which:
to
It may be worth while to
take in Hongkong
On the whole, in reason
that although it is extremely
difficult to argue by practical
postponement of the occupation,
it will be even
more condemning
to start with
that would apparently
be work
unpopular with the mercantile
Community,
and might cause
The troubles that we
can fairly foresee at present.
Back in weighing the telegrams
from Sir Blake and Peking,
and
endeavouring some
compromise with his R. Hart, Sir Blake says
that he does not "intend to popularize until further
arrangements can be made," and or with possibility arrive at some compromise