The Commissioner might have expressed himself still more forcibly on the action (or rather the want of it) of the Chinese authorities, but it is possible that a delimit tation expedition will be sent out this year as it must do if the last convention is to by given effect to, though nothing has yet been heard of it, ani then it will be possible to bring more' pressure to bear on the Chinese offici: Besides which, it must always be borne in mind, that the Chinese on the border, have practically left us entirely alone' in Upper Burma, when, they might have given trouble, and even now they are only pursuing the methods which have passed with them as diplomacy for centuries and given them a false reputation for superior astuteness.
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