disappointed with the decision about the Customs stations, and the Viceroy of Canton either wilfully or accidentally misunderstood what Sir H. Blake's said to him on the subject.
The outbreak on the frontier was difficult to doubt, a natural explosion of villager, Clansmen, and secret societies fomented by the doings of land speculators, and though the Viceroy wilfully or by accident greased the dish with disorder, and not kept order as he should, and though there was evidence of at least a passive complicity on his part in not keeping watch on the matsheds, and most of all in the letter which appears on the last page of 13622, We cannot judge Chinese by European Standards, and he did do something and has something to say for himself. He sent in soldiers, though not when and as we wanted; and he issued a Notice dated on 13845 which seems to me rather a good one, though Lockhart considered it an impertinence, the territory already having been taken over and everyone knew what was going on.
In short I do not think we have a case for compensation, and if we had, it is no use to alienate the Chinese government by being too hard on them. A telegram received today - 13845. Shows the desirability of bringing matters to a conclusion as soon as possible, and unless it is determined to keep Sham Chun permanently, the longer the troops stay there the more difficult it will be to move them back.
Here is paper 9143, which the D.O. have addressed to the Tsungli Yamen, and stated that definitely Chinese jurisdiction in Kowloon city will no longer be allowed. This is the great point at issue.
As to "the Northern Boundary" I think we ought to respect the fact that it has been actually delimited, and that the Governor told the Viceroy that it had been delimited. No, I do not think that we should try to get money compensation out of the Viceroy, though it would be a good deal to recoup our expense. If any compensation is exacted it should be taken from the district, which would no doubt...
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