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0103 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000297
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And according to Mr. Henry Norman Manchuria
is already taking more British goods than our
oldest colony, Newfoundland. Now, with two
more ports added—Talienwan and Chang-wang-
tan—and one at least an ice free-port, with
railways constructed from end to end of the
country; with the Chinese population so rapidly
increasing and opening out new districts; the
trade will, if unchecked, increase with compound
acceleration. It has indeed been calculated
that, if the rate of increase of the last ten years
be maintained during the next two decades, in
twenty years' time the foreign trade will equal
twenty-three millions sterling.
We not only then have rights in Manchuria,
but considerable and increasing interests arising
out of those rights.
At the beginning of the present year, when
Mr. Curzon was speaking in the House of
Commons of the necessity of maintaining these
rights and interests, the Leader of the Opposition
asked if they were threatened. It is well for
the nation thoroughly to understand that they
are. In 1886, when Mr. James Fulford and I
travelled round Manchuria, we did not meet
with a single Russian. Practically, the whole