CO129-217 - Governor Sir Bowen Administrator Marsh - 1884 [7-10] — Page 388

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this will be nothing.

to ruin China by

vore nor less than

Medus

of the Chinese,

to attack Hwang Feng with Kwang Ting people. The result of this will be

that through your

instrumentality,

your native houus will be razed to the ground, and your relations and neighbours will mat with a cricel death at the point of the sword. Here

you

to consider this in the quiet of the night, do

think you could endure

you

the thought of it ? Moreover, by employing

the French place you you, situation in which

ire a

your life

io

imperilled for not one out of a

hundred survives

of those whoresh

on the point of the bayonet

off the exmion's shot.

should

Why

or ward

then

you sacrifice your life

which no

money

cau

buy for a

palty

paltry sum, thereby subjecting youruber yourselve to the reproach of thousands and myriads of tuon . Do you still consider

hereafter have the good fortine to

this a wise course? Even

should you

excape when

· you return to your native. home, your fellow countryuuou and

relations will without exception dapise

Can it be that for

you.

-present gain you an

a swall

ise gleatfeel of your

future welfare? If you can, abanden

your prèvent evil ways and returna to the right paths if you

secretly

kill some French Commander or

destroy by fire their munitions of was,

or co-operate

-operate with the chinese Officen

them from

and soldier in attacking

within and without with a view to

the writer

their being entirely swept away, will, as in duty found, overlook your

past

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