Although the China Assoctatioe and the China Committee had pressed lines of policy upon the Govern: ment which had certainly not always been acceptable to them, yet was a most important fact that the Association told the Government, officially or unofficially, over and over again, that a state of citcumstances certainly would arise in China which would necessitate the introduction of an armed force. the history of the country, it would be observed that Government after Government had always shirked that intervention in this kind of conditions. They always disliked facing an issue which was going to involve breach of the peace and a drain fon the exchequer, The result had,
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