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service, who should be given by the Central Government
adequate powers of making their decisions respected by
the local authorities and r obeyed by the people.
A man of the type of Mr. Su Yu Tchu (1201),
recently appointed foreign secretary to the Viceroy of
Canton, would, I think, exactly fit the post. Iducated in
America and speaking English fluently, he has served in
the Legations at Washington and St. Petersburg, and was,
until recently, Consul-General at Manila.
In concluding this part of my report I take the
opportunity of expressing my belief that a great deal of litigation in Hongkong and consequent difficulties with
the Chinese Authorities in Canton might be avoided if the
Hongkong mercantile community, both foreign and Chinese,
would exercise more care when doing business with unknown
Chinese customers from the mainland.
The day has goho by when the Chinese compradore
made himself responsible for the solvency of the de: lors
he introduced to the firm and, at the present day,
if
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