Overland to China
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Petersburg the trump card is to get on with Muravieff, and at Peking the instruc- tions are evidently the same — " get on " with your Russian and French colleague. But there is no peculiar merit in getting on with Muravieff. The merest tyro in diplomacy can do it. All that is necessary is to let Muravieff have his own way in everything, for then he will be found the mildest- mannered man that ever built up one empire by un- dermining another.
It is unnecessary here to recall in detail how the f...amous Cassini convention was flouted by Lord Salisbury and derided by Sir Claude MacDonald up to the very day when Port Arthur was occupied.
194 MANCHURIA Indeed, it is supposed that they still please them- selves with the fancy that there was an element of fiction about that classic document. The habit of vehemently denying, instead of taking thought and acting on, the truths which are brought to their no- tice, is still rampant among British representatives, which is partly accounted for by the fact that they possess no intelligence department.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Petersburg the trump card is to get on with Muravieff, and at Peking the instruc- tions are evidently the same — " get on " with your Russian and French colleague. But there is no peculiar merit in getting on with Muravieff. The merest tyro in diplomacy can do it. All that is necessary is to let Muravieff have his own way in everything, for then he will be found the mildest- mannered man that ever built up one empire by un- dermining another.
It is unnecessary here to recall in detail how the f...amous Cassini convention was flouted by Lord Salisbury and derided by Sir Claude MacDonald up to the very day when Port Arthur was occupied.
194 MANCHURIA Indeed, it is supposed that they still please them- selves with the fancy that there was an element of fiction about that classic document. The habit of vehemently denying, instead of taking thought and acting on, the truths which are brought to their no- tice, is still rampant among British representatives, which is partly accounted for by the fact that they possess no intelligence department.
What to read after Overland to China?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Colquhoun, Archibald R. (Archibald Ross), 1848-1914 to read onlineMoreLess
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