China By Demetrius Charles Boulger































































 -  More than 20,000 chests, of an
estimated value of $10,000,000, were placed at his disposal, and in - Page 358
China By Demetrius Charles Boulger - Page 358 of 704 - First - Home

Enter page number    Previous Next

Number of Words to Display Per Page: 250 500 1000

More Than 20,000 Chests, Of An Estimated Value Of $10,000,000, Were Placed At His Disposal, And In Due Course Handed Over By Him To Commissioner Lin For Destruction.

This task was performed at Chuenpee, when the opium was placed in trenches, then mixed with salt and lime, and finally poured off into the sea.

After this very considerable triumph, Lin wrote a letter to Queen Victoria - whose reign has witnessed the most critical periods of the China question and its satisfactory settlement - calling upon her Majesty to interdict the trade in opium forever. The letter was as offensive in its tone as it was weak in argument, and no answer was vouchsafed to it. Before any reply could be given, the situation, moreover, had developed into one of open hostilities.

But great as were the concessions made by Captain Elliot, in consequence of the threatening attitude of Commissioner Lin, the Chinese were not satisfied, and made fresh and more exacting demands of those who had been weak enough to make any concession at all. They reasserted their old pretension that Europeans in China must be subject to her laws, and as the sale of opium was a penal offense they claimed the right to punish those Englishmen who had been connected with the traffic. They accordingly drew up a list of sixteen of the principal merchants, some of whom had never had anything to do with opium, and they announced their intention to arrest them and to punish them with death.

Enter page number   Previous Next
Page 358 of 704
Words from 97128 to 97381 of 191255


Previous 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 Next

More links: First 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200
 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300
 310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400
 410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 490 500
 510 520 530 540 550 560 570 580 590 600
 610 620 630 640 650 660 670 680 690 700
 Last

Display Words Per Page: 250 500 1000

 
Africa (29)
Asia (27)
Europe (59)
North America (58)
Oceania (24)
South America (8)
 

List of Travel Books RSS Feeds

Africa Travel Books RSS Feed

Asia Travel Books RSS Feed

Europe Travel Books RSS Feed

North America Travel Books RSS Feed

Oceania Travel Books RSS Feed

South America Travel Books RSS Feed

Copyright © 2005 - 2022 Travel Books Online