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employed. But the shipping companies had

to bear the expense, and no Englishmen were

available on the spot to undertake such

work. ven if the shipping companies could

have obtained suitable Englishmen in this

country for the wages offered (rather over

21 a week), they would also, of course, have

had to pay the expenses of bringing the men,

about fifty in number, out from England.

These guards are being employed solely

to protect ships, crews, passengers and car-

goes against pirates, and for no other purpose

There is no justification for describing them

as "tools of British Imperialism against the

rising Chinese aspirations" or as "new armies

for oppressing the Chinese".

I might add that the "China Weekly e-

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View's description of the "North China Daily

News" as the "official British newspaper" is

incorrect, except in so far as it is used

for the occasional publication of official

potices.