should at least, one would think, have been defended by the British authorities, for they were entirely occupied with construction work, and had nothing to do with the open line, all the stores and material for which were drawn from Tongshan only. General Reed was no doubt acting under orders when he allowed this, for Lam told that he was fully informed of the facts, and it cannot have been pleasant to. him to sit still and allow the British bondholders' property to be "conveyed" like this.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.