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Phe by-a-qoon must be sloped to the fleets of both porozu, nere is always the possibility of war between England and any Juropean SOTOP, That possibility has becono do apparent now that př preparations are being made to unet it. These proparationo muni include usagures which will prevent the present neutral watern slem. zo round our boundaries, and noutral territory,from being utilized against un, The neoosuity for an adjustment of boundarios ie coing pressed hope. Jhina saunoi au I have before painted ont reply that she is ablo,oven if willing, to enfores hur rights an a neutral and to protect thone neutral waters and territories from bestilo aggression, The sazo argunenta that prevailed in 1800 sunt prevail now, fo want saw only what we wanted then;ubat is omnes tial to the safety of the Colony, That van snough than,kan bosana from the chanfon in reapons and the alterations in nodes of warfare wholly insufficiest now, and we must have gora, How auci mare, 14 in

for the naval and ukiltary authorities to say,bui our boundaries aust be so antonded that Jity and barbour are absolutely out of reach of the sight and range of any bostila guns, and that ve have scipiate seunand of our ong waters from all sides,

If the Chinesa Government will not willingly yield territory

absolute possessius, she may and must be coupelled to fire as the right of perpetuni sosupation and pornosulon of the needful extent of territory under sono such form of engagement as that under rìtch Portugal holds Hatue or no hold Syprus,sq undertaking that it shall to Back to Shina in the event of our leaving Hong Kong.

I beg of your Excellency to proas on the attention of For Majesty'n Government the inaonua Exportando from a naval and military polas of vior of aralking suronivan of the opportunity now afforded of routifying our boundaṛion. It fu a nocuosity of our continued oxy istence as a fortress and naval station that we should do so, Evento wight happen at any senout that would compel un to diuregard Jkinane protests and objøutions and take pousuunion of points on

her territory to prevent an onony solzing then to our destruction. Te here to do so navid anko an onowy of kør, Better obtain what we

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