CO129-358 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [10-11] — Page 193

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Present

ystem of 188eaament.

Colony, and cannot be dissociated from it,

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With regard to the second argument, that the

troops here are in part maintained for the defence of Imper-

ial interests throughout the Far East; Apart from the fact

that those interests are most essentially the interests of

Hongkong, and no place benefits more than this Colony from

their maintenance, it must be remembered that the Imperial

Government maintains a strong garrison in the north at

Peking and Tisntein for the defence of the Legation etc.

and it is admissible to assume that in the event of a crisis

in South China any Imperial Forces would be as available

for the assistanos of Hongkong as the troops of Hongkong are

for the re-inforcement in time of need of the northern

garrison.

In point of fact the only occasion in the last

20 years in which a part of the Hongkong garrison, (745

officers and men), were employed beyond the Colony occurred

in the crisis of 1900 when the Legations were besieged.

That was a crisis affecting the interests and safety of

Hongkong equally with other British Settlements in the East

Moreover, in the event of war with China, as in 1900, it may

conceivably be in the best interests of the defence of

Hongkong for her troops to be transferred to a scene of

operations not in the immediate vicinity of the Colony.

The system adopted for the assessment of the sum

paid by the Colony for its defence, viz. 20% of its Gross

Revenue exclusive of Land Sales or other Extraordinary

Revenue, is however open to many objections.

(a) It is not (as will presently no shown) well

calculated to achieve the object in view, which in Mr.

Chamberlain's words was 'That the Imperial Government would

get full advantage from a prosperous state of the Colony

while

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