CO129-457 - Public Offices - 1919 — Page 340

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such a traffic upon a nation that has, by her great sacri-

vices (in connection with the opium trade) recently shown

her worth and right of protection against another evil321

mally dangerous,

My Committee venture to appeal to you, in view of the

ergency of the matter, to use the influence of the British

"overment to protect China in her struggle for liberty,

That she be not defeated by another Western evil being

thrust upon her.

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A. E. Blackburn.

Secretary.

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