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telograph lines did not provide that they were to do so
On the other
at the expense of the Chinese Government, hand, there can be no doubt that the protection afforded by the foreign troopɛ enabled the line to be workud without interruption during the critical stages of the revolutionary (joveient and that it is mainly due to then that an enterprise from which the Chinese Govern- ment dariva & net profit of about $1,000,000 a yuer has
Thero lo roo. for difference of buen prouerved intact. opinion as to the length of time during which this zbagure was required for the actual purpose of protect-
ing line and at tha prasunt moment. I should be in-
clined to hold that, though justified on grounds of
precaution, it is scarcely of such an urgent nature as
to establish a continued claim for expensus on the
Chinese Governunt.
Apart from guarding the Northern railway, the only
other expunsus wrising out of military Leasurus for the
protection of foreigners during the revolution rulets
to Hrnkow and Canton to both of which places British
troops were sunt from Hongkong.
A claim for extra-
ordinary expenses connected with the defence of the
Concession
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