and navy are little better than armed mobs. Thus far, for all the millions expended, they have got nothing that could even check " European power, the same sum had been expended under an enlightened policy, in constructing railways, opening mines and developing the resources of the empire, they would be deriving an increased instead of a curtailed revenue, and would have been cultivating ® friendly intercourse with foreigners that would have gone far to lessen the need for the army and navy which they so anxiously desire as a means of obstruction.
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