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the other, to deprecate any

intention

on the part of European Powers to bring to bear on China any account of unfriendly pressure to induce her Ruter to enter

precipitately policy which would seriously affect

a new system of

her independence.

I understood from you that the fully alive to the

Chinese Goot

expediency

lucre

or eucal

necessity for their

oune interents of facilitating and

encouraging intercourse with foreign

nations;

thait

کے مجھے

moy

were sensible of the

advantages that would result from

a greater assimilation of their rules

auct

practice to those of other nations,

and

& from the adoption of the improvements

which the industry of Europe had been

by

So much developed & the happinessofits

people so much increased : but that, with

all this

they felt

abruptly

Now ideas

that

carry

attempt

ད་མ་་དང་འཚམ་པ

to introduce new systems or

among

people whose

CL

of

Knowledge of foreign nations was what date, & who had been brought

up under a

which

theey

traditional system to

had been accustored and

were attached, would not only produce

confusion I even revolution in the country,

but would tend to returil

instead of promoting the progres, the

secessity for which the Chinese Govt

fully admitted,

admitted, & were

desirous

to

encourage

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