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confideroo 13 restored. The Chinese are gamblers. by dis-
position, and two tendency of this systal in to make thanghai
an Alsatia for Jews frca agind and much parasites.
large part of the gritish community in Chirm is very young
clerks etc.. who fill themselves her: fros of restraining
A
hate laflumces, aixi a large part very ignorant of genoral
business Captains and ingtreere of stewkro.etc.,
Under
the old system of unlimited forward poitmots they fell an
easy prey to the army of brokers anu jobbare, who acted
in the may watt v. Dum aplains for thouwelved or for astute
capitalists.
Our national intereute 80 goli 2s the private
advantage of the men of Hàs ajesty's majécts require that
diverted
their attention should not be divisee fron legitimate busines9
by this gebling will-**->C# 1$. I believe the other
trimonto represented here would approve such
foreign govern
legislation, and join in it if this wore thought necessary.
The German Commul General acked me in 1801 whether something
dould not be done by both Goverments to stop this forward
-share paling by young men who were making white slaves of
themselves for 1124. the evil did mot thon secu te mo
serious, and I said we applied tie law of Burland and that any
chaue