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waters and open to the fiest of any foreign power, to panu in and or ar to senasutrate an overwholuing force within sight and easy gua
sret of our batteries and nagarĀNOS, in time of an anticipated war the entrance of a Fronab or Fussian flest through the Ly❤e-moon inte Rouleand Ray,wo matter with what intent,could not be apposed or rentated without a breach of the laws of neutrality. Of course the neutrality of Chinese vaders and territories would have under mach airezustaunen, to be diarogarded or else, the Colony would bare to be surrendered to an enemy. In the present sostent between Japan and Shine a Japanese forse sight lawfully purano a Chinese nemadran through the ky»e«noon pans and engage than in Kouloent bay,where even shot that sinued the anany would find a ledenent on British territory. fu case of car heiveau Pngland and any foreign pover, Pre Franse,er Fussin,or formany,or the newly arrived Supirs of Japan, the officera responsible for the defenen of the Colony of Hong Kong suriyan a matter of absolute nocensity,elona the whole of the by-s❤ moon padu to the ships of that enemy, from the nouout there was any curious danger of var breaking out. They aunt sesupy the hills on the mainland on the other side of the panu,conuunilag the Lyme-usen Ratteries, Thay xunt forbid all entrance to Kovinong Bay, They aust he oroparad to oppose the appearance of troopa on the bikin behind Kowloong and Stone Cutter's and the erection of batterian, They eunt catch the bayn beyond thaus bills which afford easy means of access for troops and gun. kamua to the south,Jou-a-show and
to the west and
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to the east would have to be escupied or observed. No regard for Chinese neutrali-
ty could be allowed to interfore with thang abnclutely nocoBURYY ressures of precaution. Kould any other pover at uaz with us, rogarë
or kompost Shinune noutrality,and fall to ouaupy those points of vantage if ya did not ? Not one.
Until the other day,it was pouzible for us to supposo and **y, that the Shinone neutrality would be ranposted; that Jhina was virsad onough je compel proper roundet being paid to her territory And to prevent it being used as a base of operations against us.
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