CO129-291 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [5-6] — Page 570

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562

the best to qualities

m

for erecting forts in

y Kulang su. the opinion, which

the Island

I hold

is

limited to all

European residents

that the creation of a

Fort on

Kulang

be very

that it would

very objectionable

a locality which

being

Exposed, in the event of

between China

and

a

Foreign Power,

to the risk of

bombardment;

on the

contrary, St

it remains unfortified

as

it

is

a

portion

has

been appropriated by

Europeans for residential

purposes

+

it

into

a

place d'armes;

would then become

European private property

of attacking it

being the

further

residence

of a

cosmopolitan community

the presence of a

body of Chinese

Soldiers

would be

an

Annoyance

in

Kulangsu

most undesirable

and almost certainly

a source

of serious

to Europeans

Bearing

in

mind

then

obvious

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562 the best to qualities m for erecting forts in y Kulang su. the opinion, which the Island I hold is limited to all European residents that the creation of a Fort on Kulang be very that it would very objectionable a locality which being Exposed, in the event of between China and a Foreign Power, to the risk of bombardment; on the contrary, St it remains unfortified as it is a portion has been appropriated by Europeans for residential purposes + it into a place d'armes; would then become European private property of attacking it being the further residence of a cosmopolitan community the presence of a body of Chinese Soldiers would be an Annoyance in Kulangsu most undesirable and almost certainly a source of serious to Europeans Bearing in mind then obvious Page 570 Page 571
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562

the best to calities

m

for execting forts in

y Kulang sir. the opinion, which

the Island

I hold

is

limm m

to all

hue,

European rendents

that the creation of a

Fort on

Kulang

be very

that it would

very objectionable

a locality which

ling

Exposed, in the event o

between China

to the wist

7

in the

www.

a

hostilities

Freijn Power!

bombardment;

long

contrary, St

it remains unfortified

Иго

dream

As

would

2. a

in

a

eonvert

has

been appropriated by

Europeans for residential

purposes

+

it

into

a

place d'armes;

would then become

European priver condit

of attacking it

being the

further

residence

cosmopolitan community

the presence I

body of Chinese

Soldiers

would be

would

prove

A

Annoyance

m

Kulangsu

most undesirable

almost certainly

source

of scrims

to Europeans

Bearing

in

wind

then

obvious

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