and the want of clear conceptions of duty in the English Colonial Office in London which make Victoria City in Hong Kong to-day the plague distribution centre of the world, and a standing menace to the human race.
When over and over again I climbed through those terrible tenement houses, and saw their horrible condition, and knew that any moment the soldiers of the garrison might be swept away by the sequels of such conditions, I felt that if England only knew the facts she would never allow such conditions to continue. A most vigorous and virile Chinese race, full of energy, sobriety, splendid working power, and an intelligence capable of any development is, under our retrograde rule in Hong Kong, placed in shockingly degrading conditions. Whether those conditions be altered or not, I enter the strongest protest against any administrative decision making the unhealthy port of Hong Kong the depôt of plague supply to South Africa.
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and the want of clear conceptions of duty in the English Colonial Office in London which make Victoria City in Hong Kong to-day the ¡plague distribution centre of the world, and a
standing menace to the human race.
When over and over again I climbed through those terrible tenement houses, and saw their horrible condition, and knew that any moment the soldiers of the garrison might be swept away by the sequels of such conditions, I felt that if England only knew the facts she would never allow such conditions to continue. A inost vigorous and virile Chinese race, full of energy, sobriety, splendid working power, and an intelligence capable of any development is, under onr retrograde rule in Hong Kong, placed in shockingly degrading conditions. Whether those conditions be altered or not, I enter the strongest protest against any ad- ministrative decision making the unhealthy port of Hong Kong the depôt of plague supply to South Africa.
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