Tux presence in Shanghai of the Admiral commanding the British Squadron in these waters offers a favourable opportunity for drawing attention to the defenceless condition of the foreign communities in the treaty ports on the Yangtse. In the early days of the opening of the river to trade the British government realised the risk which the foreign settlers at the ports were running, and there was nearly always a gunboat at each port. A lange fleet of gunboats had been sent. out during the war, they were not worth sending home in, and it was realized that: the passions excited by the war and the lai-ping Rebellion had not been entirely calmed down, and that there might be a rising at any moment. For years after that everything was quiet, China
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