CO129-131 - Sir MacDonnell - 1868 [6-7] — Page 385

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these seas a few years The thereupon insisto

com

back, whilst

•protecting honest ordinary mode of

traders by the extraordinary

imposing

jom

of more than

them

an additional taxe

per cent.

cent. Inspectfully

Sixty per

submit that such reasoning

is mere

in a

Jargon

and

and

the

not attempted to go into details, which have ventured to bring to your Graces

notice but they

placing the

cabe

no doubt relied on

my

fully before You. I confefs

I share their alarm and the

• apology

as

unworthy a place

grave official communication.

23. I shall not howwer prep

vieus or

my

myself

addres

Enclosure L

apinions further. I content

with transmitting the enclosed

on the subject signed by a vast majority

of the bommercial and

Banking Community

here extreping their indignation

"recent direct and

at the

high handed attack on the Commerce of this Toland"

24. Those, who sign the adchefs, have

r

own

hands

are

mare

مة

completely tied. So

any

my that I cannot personally

measures

undertake

to avert the crisis. Nevertheless

I feel that Her Majesty's Government is not equally powerleps,

without

a

and I am

I am not

confident hope that means will

yet be found to terminate what all must

regand as

deplorably ungracious, hostile, and dangerous move on the part of the Chinese Authorities abetted and supported, as they me by Her Majesty's Minister

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