with a mixture of anger and amusement at the often rude and blundering attempts of the English in Hongkong to force upon them our laws, customs and ideas, which (to repeat what has been so truly said) are to their immemorial nationality a rule of right action and a measure.
"once unintelligible and vexatious?"
8. However, it should always be borne in mind that the position of Englishmen in Hongkong stands on an utterly different footing from that of Englishmen in India. There we are a handful of strangers governing great countries and nations which had been settled and organized for centuries before our arrival among them. But here we took possession forty years ago of an island which was then a barren and desolate rock, visited only by a few pirates and fishermen. The Chinese merchants and others who have since sought the protection of the British flag at Hongkong are not permanent residents any more than the Europeans. The Chinese, like the English,
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mixture of anger and amusement the often rude and blundering attempts of the English in Hongkong to force upon them our laws, customs and ideas, which (to repeat what has been so truly said, are to their immemorial nationality a rule of
of right at
action and a measure.
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once unintelligible and vexations?"
8.
However, it should.
always be borne in mind that
the position of Englishmen in Houghong stands on an
utterly
different footing from that of
Englishmen
Englishmen in India. There we are a -handful of strangers governing great
countries and nations which had beent
settled and organized for centuries ___
them. But
before
our arrival a among
here we took possession forty years ago
of a
an island which
Avas
then a barren
and desolate rook, visited only -few pirates and fishermen. The
Chinese merchants and others who
- have since sought the protection of the British flag at Hongkong
permanent residents
any
are not
more than
the Europeans. The Chinese like the
English
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