China a Popular History With a Chronological Account of the Most Remarkable Ev
China a Popular History With a Chronological Account of the Most Remarkable Ev
Oscar Oliphant
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" Thus, to us, even the honours and privileges of creeping out of the old war did not bring favour- able consequences home, or leave favourable impressions abroad. THE KEW WAR : ITS CAUSliS A^D CO^SLQUE^■CES. 175 CHAPTER XYI. THE NEW WAK : ITS CAUSES AND CONSKQT7EXCE9. What is the War about? — Sir John Bowring. — Value of the Pretext for Quarrel. — What was really the Insult? — The Treaty and its observance. — Palmerston's opinion "now and then. " — Chinese hatred of Britain, fondness of atroci...ties, and Yeh ! — British clemency as an example to the atrocious Chinese. — Christianity in the contest. — Law and the Lorcha. WTiaf is the war about ? — Are we at war with China in this year, 1857? Our Colonial Secretary interrupted Mr. Gladstone while he spoke in the celebrated debate upon the " Canton affair, " to assure him that we were not at war with China ; whereupon. Mr. Gladstone thanked him, and continued, with the warm approbation of an indignant assembly: ''No, Sir, there is no war with China.
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