. The international relations of the Chinese empire. ts justit; you are ds fit for it as anybody else, but as you are anear relative, you ought to be better fitted for it than anyone else, to justify me in giving it to you.[43] Sir , especially in his later years, would have accepted thelogic of the relative, and extended relationship to manyoutside the blood connexion. Towards the end of his careerthe dissatisfaction in the service was very great, but hewas strongly entrenched in the gratitude of the Chineseadministration, and nothing could have availed to weakenhim ; no criticism serve
. The international relations of the Chinese empire. ts justit; you are ds fit for it as anybody else, but as you are anear relative, you ought to be better fitted for it than anyone else, to justify me in giving it to you.[43] Sir , especially in his later years, would have accepted thelogic of the relative, and extended relationship to manyoutside the blood connexion. Towards the end of his careerthe dissatisfaction in the service was very great, but hewas strongly entrenched in the gratitude of the Chineseadministration, and nothing could have availed to weakenhim ; no criticism served to modify the autocracy, of hisrule—a sic volo sic jubeo rule. § 20. None the less, he had lost his authoritativeposition. His influence with the administration increasedyear by year, and reached its culminating point about1887 ; from that time it steadily declined.[44] Thiswas partly due to the loss of personal esteem, but was [43] H. Bosworth Smith, Life of Lord Lawrence. ii, p. 465.[44] Cf. Submission, chap, xvii, § 30 ; chap, xviii, | 24,. Sir Robert Hart ix 1887. SIR R. harts control OF CUSTOMS STAFF 405 mainly caused by the resentment of the official class athis diplomatic policy. The loans of 1895, 1896 and 1898to provide for the Japanese war indemnity were securedon the customs revenue,[45] leaving only a small surplusfor the needs of the empire ; and the official class nowrealised that their foreign customs service existed chieflyas a collecting agent for their foreign creditors, and nolonger fulfilled the purpose which was the foundation ofits continued existence—collecting efficiently and reportinghonestly a gratifying amount of revenue for the u of theimperial government. Moreover the service had graspedthe control of the junk trade with Hongkong and Macao—a mandarinal (even more, a Manchu) preserve ; had beeninjected into supervision of a part of the Chinese internalrevenue collection ; and directed and operated the growingpostal service. Now, in the hour
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