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him to effect a coup d'etat in overthrowing
an existing régime, or of encouraging him
to extend the bounds of his authority
at the expense of rival Administrations.
On the contrary, it is only a desired
to render him such assistance as would
enable him to maintain those peaceful
conditions which he has already
succeeded in establishing in Canton,
and to police satisfactorily those
outlying districts which he is now
engaged in restoring to order.
8.
In the last resort, all
Govts. depend on force, and when, as
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in this case, authority has at least
succeeded in tranquillising a disturbed
district in which a neighbouring British
Colony has a vital interest, it would
appear illogical to handicap that authority
by placing obstacles in the way of the
supply of the arms and ammunition
necessary for the maintainence of
peace and good order This principle
appears long since to have been recognised
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