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Portuguese, alss of leestablishing teer Corps which had been by raised among the European to, And in another despatchrefered

scibility of converting a portion of rese Polies into an armed force. the for general defensive purposes. Yest which Solonel Stanley had - was to obtain a report as to the lity of supplementing the smalle ial Ince ordinarily tacutained tolong and ofthering Any, and available and trustworthy local

s to account by organizing it 30 make up the farrison to what isite for an effective defence

e war.

With respect to the observation Michael Heiks Beach that the ins of Sir Thomas Wade to

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the employment of Chinese apparently the posible lated to a state of lease as well as erstandin, Jam to stite that flowed Stanley

with the

Chinese you had not given that interpretation to and the possible. Thomas Waxes views. His Excellency Ayecturer of

that you?" says "Scan imagine no better soldiers,

"but Swould never trust them without

to which

Shi 7 Wade

referred "An admixture of Europeans, and it as argument

against the would be well at all times to leave eulishment Magazines, Munitions & War and the

Climere

might arise

like exclusively in charge of the latter. whether we heglect of this precautions at Hongkong

were at War

or at pear would I believe be attended with with other the most serions Consequenced

countries.

The is what In suggesting that the whole conationsluce was meant should be laid before the Committee,

RE

Colonel Stanley

wished that these

observations, to which, considering the source from which they emanate, too

great weight const be attached,

thould

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