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J. That in the event of China bring wither opposed to England or friendly to a Power at war with England, no dependence whatcors could be placed
on a Chinese Fores.
K. The existing custom of ther men coming to Hong Kong for a living, leaving their relations, wives, and families on the main. land, places a lever in the hands of ther mandarins which they not slow to avail themselves of at present, and which would be word with great affect in the case of Chinese soldiers.
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Is. As it would be impossible toprevent in time oflar, agents of the Chinese government from residing in our midst, our Auxiliaries would, certacily in individual cases, be influenced by theen, and our dispositions. for meeting an attack, positions
Suns and magazines, ste, would be taken advantage of accordingly.
M. Secret Societies prrucate the entire nation from the highest class to the lowest, and control
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and influruer their members so subtly that I may safely say this alour is a strong arqument against the advisability of a Chinese Auxiliary Force.
N. Experiener in ther Straits Settlements, America, Australia, Japan, and wherever the Chinese have settled, has conclusively proved how Conservative they are.. and how pertinaciously they cling totheir traditions and customs. and set at difiquer all attempti tomake them conform to rules
and laws. From this sour idea
may be formed how difficult it would be to overcome by training and discipline, Expecially so close other mainlaud, any oftter. bad qualities and customers which it would be desirable to Eradicate from the members of a military fore.
0. Whilst Chinamru have certain amount of physical, pluck which often enables them to show considerable courage in the performance of manual work under fire, there is in their national character an utter absence of what I may call moral
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