CO129-067 - Sir Bowring - 1858 [1-4] — Page 480

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hear ther

nothing officially – I have refused to

to harrass

you with an intemperate coursfiondence in which

both parties.

جہد

indisson.

172 po 10

anal wrong I hope what

body must now have.

every body

-

the character of Chinese warfare will you to contar in the useless expenditure which the Milicing spirit naturally encourages .

wasted an the Islands deferus, might Esccollet Lord Hardingis

Y

well have been spared.

tothing

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how he had stopped siacilar projects

at Aden. No one who kurus thine decanes of

Any

serious attack from the Chiness.

has

often

غرور اور تره کریہ

not 100 aren

Macar

&

without a ingle this of Hard

in the gassison - & Hongkong

a

with 1080 - wher present defences & Ship of War in the hackout may hid defiance to China- if China

disposition to retake the

مجھے روش

ކ

island, - but she has no such disposition. The

notions of the greatness of our quared – of the

to buy tommusee

Reuprots

brought on by my policy-

of the rashness of the Adivinal & engself in doing

what we did will I think be pretty

ciated now. Sproposed

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well

Capfire =

tery carly period-

1

to capture yeh by a coup de main & I believe 100 of our men would then have settled the

while affair. Scompfs I am amazed at hud

I confess

Derby's

Derby's & some other speeches in the Slänse of Lords of which are have reports by the last Mail.

We have had no

Empurrr.

tenve

AA1.0

quarrel with "Thina. with the

ar with

کرد به گرد دو مرد مورد

any badly but Goh -

any

breality but with Cauter & indeed have no griconnes elsendtiere. We have had no diminution of Frode with China derring

the

been eact,

quassel, - but rather a considerable inconse One friendly relations in China have hun where strengthened exceps at Canton - & Carton

A4

}

Luer

I alway's predicted made a musst miserable. defense- & Jeh (the hero of the opfersition in England) is universally

We have now

condemned.

by his countsgiven & deposed & degraded by his do= vereign - I hope every influence will be und at home to pecccct the trinsuph of the warning pression.

nothing to do but të pursue a pacifice policy, – & abras all things to take care that we do not get entangled, with the military spirit of the Trouch - or the territorial ambition of the Russiens-

exclusively

I think the views

cv ommercial in Chine

are those must in acendance with mus permanent

interests.

I expect these will be an outbreak of public

indignation

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