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the best to qualities
m
for erecting forts in
y Kulang su. the opinion, which
the Island
I hold
is
limited to all
European residents
that the creation of a
Fort on
Kulang
be very
that it would
very objectionable
a locality which
being
Exposed, in the event of
between China
and
a
Foreign Power,
to the risk of
bombardment;
on the
contrary, St
it remains unfortified
as
it
is
a
portion
has
been appropriated by
Europeans for residential
purposes
+
it
into
a
place d'armes;
would then become
European private property
of attacking it
being the
further
residence
of a
cosmopolitan community
the presence of a
body of Chinese
Soldiers
would be
an
Annoyance
in
Kulangsu
most undesirable
and almost certainly
a source
of serious
to Europeans
Bearing
in
mind
then
obvious
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