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Title: A Vindication of England's Policy with Regard to the Opium Trade

Author: Charles Reginald Haines

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Language: English

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A VINDICATION OF
ENGLAND'S POLICY
WITH REGARD TO
THE OPIUM TRADE.

BY C. R. HAINES.

LONDON:
W. H. ALLEN & CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE,
PALL MALL. S.W.

1884.

(_All rights reserved._)

LONDON:
PRINTED BY W. H. ALLEN AND CO., 13 WATERLOO PLACE. S.W.

_Victrix causa deis placuit sed victa Catoni._

AUTHOR'S PREFACE.

About two years ago I had occasion to go thoroughly into the question of
the opium-trade between India and China. Up to that time, knowing
practically nothing about the matter except what the Anti-Opium Society
and their supporters had to say on the subject, I was as zealous an
opponent of the traffic as any of them could wish. But as soon as I came
to read both sides of the question, and consult original authorities, I
felt myself forced, much against my will at first, to abandon my previous
opinions. And I may as well say at once that I have no personal interest
whatever, direct or indirect, in the maintenance or defence of the
traffic. My only wish has been to treat the question on the broad
principles of practical justice, and not in deference to that cosmopolitan
patriotism which would have us love our neighbour not indeed as ourselves,
but much more than ourselves. The object therefore of this little work is
to clear the fair name of England from the foul aspersions cast upon it by
a comparatively small body of well-meaning but misguided philanthropists.

C. R. HAINES.

DOVER, _June 16, 1884_.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The Anti-Opium Society.--Its Origin.--By whom supported.--How