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hold Canton against any attempt

be made to dispossess

which may them of the city

H. M" forst are however of opinion that the time has come

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for making arrangements under which Cauton, Since it's capture, has been hit and that

alteration in the

by the allied forces, henceforth it should be held

by the combined forces in the Military occupation and under Martial law, until a satisfactory

Settlement

settlement of the questions with the Chinese fount has been effective.

The experience which ur have had of ther state of things since the occupation of Canton

serves to show, even

if the threatening demonstration against the allied forces, to which Thave adverted, should not astume,

a more decided Character, that no reliqner can be placed on the Chincer officers who have been suffered to continue to exercise authority in the City, wither

themselves

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