...opium iniquity, he having declared as late as the year 1881 that the legalization of the traffic was " not from choice, but because China submitted to the adverse decision of arms," at the same time going so far as to make proposals to the Indian government to recoup them for a time...

...lawless subjects indicate approval by the Government of gnch crimes. In like manner the present import duty on opium was established not from choice, but...China's standing protest against legalizing such a rerenua. My Government is impressed with the necessity of making strenuous efforts to control this...

...desired his empire to thrive upon the lives or infirmities of his subjects. . . . The present import duty on opium was established, not from choice, but...because China submitted to the adverse decision of arm;-. T/ie war must be considered as China's standing protest againut leyalizinfj such a revenue....

...opium iniquity, he having declared as late as the year 1881 that the legalization of the traffic was " not from choice, but because China submitted to the adverse decision of arms," at the same time going so far as to make proposals to the Indian government to recoup them for a time...

...Anti-Opium Association, which presents the Chinese view of the question with much force. present import duty on opium was established not from choice, but...standing protest against legalizing such a revenue. . . . The new treaty with the United States containing the prohibitory clause against opium encourages...

...lawless subjects indicate approval by the Government of such crimes. In like manner the present import duty on opium was established, not from choice, but...be considered as China's standing protest against legalising such a revenue. My Government is impressed with the necessity of making -strenuous efforts...

...in India, while China contends for the lives and prosperity of her people. . . . The present import duty on opium was established not from choice, but...because China submitted to the adverse decision of aims. The war must be considered as China's standing protest against legalizing such a revenue. . ....

...desired his empire to thrive upon the lives or infirmities of his subjects. . . . The present import duty on opium was established, not from choice, but...because China submitted to the adverse decision of arms. Tlie war must be considered as Chitufs standing protest against such a revenue. Space can only be afforded...

...lives and property of her people. . . . The present import duty on opium was established by China, not from choice but because China submitted to the...adverse decision of arms. The war must be considered as 1 McCormick, Frederick: The Flowery Republic, p. 300. •Foster, John W.: American Diplomacy in the...

...England on May 24, 1881, Li Hung-Chang, the Grand Secretary, made his position clear: "The present import duty on opium was established not from choice, but...standing protest against legalizing such a revenue." 158 It is only fitting and proper to close this chapter with a few quotations from Sir Robert Hart...