opinion of my matter; Jam commanded by their Lordships to acquaint
Lords be in this
you
that though the plan of "total disarmament" of Chinese Junks
can hardly be said to have been tried and to have failed, yet it has broken down on the ground which Lords have always maintained would be fatal to it, i.e. that the Chinese Government could not enforce total disarmament on its own honest traders, until it was prepared to ensure thorough protection from Pirates along its whole intricate line of navigation.
This the Government avows it is unable to do; it declined British assistance to enforce the Proclamation, and now the Proclamation is withdrawn.
It is satisfactory to know that though Piracy is by no means extinct, it is reduced in its extent and has become comparatively rare in the immediate vicinity of Hong Kong, and that attacks on European vessels now seldom occur.
My Lords desire me to
intricate
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opinion of my matter; Jam commanded by their Lordships to acquaint
Lords be in this
you
that though the plan of "Ital disarmament" of Chinese Junts
hardly be said
can
to have been tried and to have
failed, yet it has broken
down on
the ground which Lords have always main= my -tained would be fatal to it, i.e. that the Chinese Govern = - ment could not enforce lotal disarmament on its oun
honest traders, until it was prepared
to ensure
thorough protection
from Pirates along its whole
593
intricate line of navigation.
This the Government
avows it is unable to do; it declined British assistance
to enforce the Proclamation,
now the Proclamation is withdrawn.
and
It is satisfactory to know that though Piracy
by
is
no means extinct, it is reduced in its extent and has become
comparatively rave.
in the immediato vecinity of Hong Kong, and that attacks. European vessels
occur.
on
now seldom
My Lords desire me
to
intricate
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