It is pointed out that China has closed practically all the country, and that Great Britain has taken no steps to enforce her rights under the Treaty. The merchants complain in the same strain, But two wrongs do not make " right. It is also stated that the treaty rights of the merchants are only in relation to purely Chinese territory, and that the Settlement authorities have nothing to do with them. This is, of courses, absurd, because Shanghai is still an integral part of China and the very fact of
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