Sunday, March 25, 2018

How the British-Empire Responded to the Chinese Booting Them OUT since They WOULDN'T STOP DEALING OPIUM

So now I'm reading reading reading reading REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEADING?!
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd, My how little White People have changed.
And I say that FOR YOUR BENEFIT AS A READER REGARDLESS OF YOUR RACE-&-REGION.

The Following is from the 1st Opium War between the British-Empire and China. Where the British are UPSET! Because the Qing-Dynasty of China told Them TO STOP FUCKIN BRINGING OPIUM INTO THEIR FUCKIN COUNTRY BECAUSE IT IS ILLEGAL AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN!

Buttttttttttttttttttttt, the WHITE-British could give a FUCK ABOUT RESPECTING THE CHINESE, THEIR LAWS AND THEIR BORDERS!
Now?
It is fuckin 2018, what in THEE FUCK HAS FUCKIN CHANGED!?
Yvette Carnell better get the Fuck outta here with this PIE-IN-THE-SKY BULLSHIT! CENTERED AROUND GODDAMN INTEGRATION!

The ONLY THING that matters to White People is DO YOU HAVE THE PHYSICAL AND MILITARY STRENGTH TO STOP ME FROM DOING WHATEVER I FUCKIN WANT TO DO TO YOU!
PERIOD!

This next piece highlights that oh-soh-many White-Brits were "so understanding" of what was going on with the Chinese. But when PUSH CAME TO SHOVE THEY WERE LIKE BLOW THEM THE FUCK UP AND GET THAT GODDAMN MONEY FLOWIN AGAIN! FUCK MORALITY! FUCK SPIRITUALITY! FUCK ANY KIND OF ALITY UNLESS IT IS MORE MONEY IN MY POCKET-ALITY!
And keep in Mind that the British had gotten THEIR TRADE PRIVILEGES REVOKED! Due to the Fact that THEIR WHOLE FUCKIN TRADE WAS OPIUM!!!!!! And They KNEW THE SHIT WAS ILLEGAL AND THEY WERE ONLY DOING IT SO THEY COULD TURN THE CHINESE INTO DRUG-ADDICTS!

So this WAS NOT SOME GODDAMN MISUNDERSTANDING!
SCUM-BAGS!
Because LO-N-BEHOLD;

Reaction in Britain

Parliamentary debates

Following the Chinese crackdown on the opium trade, discussion arose as to how Britain would respond, as the public in the United States and Britain had previously expressed outrage that Britain was supporting the opium trade.[84] Many British citizens sympathized with the Chinese and wanted to halt the sale of opium, while others want to contain or regulate the international narcotics trade. However, a great deal of anger was expressed over the treatment of British diplomats and towards the protectionist trading policies of Qing China. The Whig controlled government in particular advocated for war with China, and the pro-Whig press printed stories about Chinese "despotism and cruelty."[85]
(So now...? All of the White-Brit Politicians ARE FULLY FUCKIN AWARE that They've been MURDERING the Chinese using Opium and that They are INTENTIONALLY DUMPING DRUGS INTO THEIR COUNTRY! But now it is "despotic and cruel" WHEN THE CHINESE SEND THEM PACKING AND REVOKE THEIR FUCKIN ABILITY TO TRADE WITH THEM! What kind of PSYCHOTIC-LOGIC IS THIS SHIT HERE!?!?!? Yet IT IS TYPICAL of White Customs-n-Culture and IS THE SAME PSYCHOTIC-LOGIC that They have USED ON EACH OTHER FOR THEIR ENTIRE EXISTENCE! And now with NEW TARGETS TO ATTACK!? With a Race-based Ideology that tells Them that THEY'RE SUPERIOR to ALL OTHER RACES OF HUMAN-BEINGS, mannnnnnnnnnnnn, please!)
Since August 1839, reports had been published in London newspapers about troubles at Canton and the impending war with China. The Queen's Annual Address to the House of Lords on 16 January 1840 expressed the concern that "Events have happened in China which have occasioned an interruption of the commercial intercourse of my subjects with that country. I have given, and shall continue to give, the most serious attention to a mater so deeply affecting the interests of my subjects and the dignity of my Crown.".[86] The Whig Melbourne Government was then in a weak political situation. On a motion of non-confidence moved in the House of Commons by the Tory Opposition John Buller, the Government survived the vote on 31 January 1840 by a majority of 21 (308 votes against vs 287 votes for). The Tories saw the China Question as a good opportunity to beat the Government, and James Graham moved a motion on 7 April 1840 in the House of Commons, censuring the Government not on the impending war with China nor the opium trade, but on the Government's "want of foresight and precaution" and "their neglect to furnish the superintendent at Canton with powers and instructions" to deal with the opium trade.[87] This was a deliberate move of the Tories to avoid the sensitive issues of war and opium trade and to obtain maximum support for the motion within the party.[88]
Calls for military action were met with mixed responses when the matter went before Parliament. Foreign Secretary Palmerston, a politician known for his aggressive foreign policy and advocacy for free trade, led the pro war camp. Palmerston strongly believed that the destroyed opium should be considered property, not contraband, and as such reparations had to be made for its destruction. He justified military action by saying that no one could "say that he honestly believed the motive of the Chinese Government to have been the promotion of moral habits" and that the war was being fought to stem China's balance of payments deficit.[84] After consulting with William Jardine, the foreign secretary drafted a letter to Prime Minister William Melbourne calling for a military response. Other merchants called for an opening of free trade with China, and it was commonly cited that the Chinese consumers were the driving factor of the opium trade. The periodic expulsion of British merchants from Canton and the refusal of the Qing government to treat Britain as a diplomatic equal were seen as a slight to national pride.[89] Few Tory or liberal politicians supported the war. Sir James GrahamLord Phillip Stanhope, and future Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone headed the anti-war faction in Britain, and denounced the ethics of the opium trade.[89][85] After three days of debate, the vote was taken on Graham's motion on 9 April 1840, which was defeated by a majority of only 9 votes (262 votes for vs 271 votes against ). The Tories in the House of Commons thus failed to deter the Government from proceeding with the war and stop the British warships already on their way to China. A similar motion[90] moved by Earl Stanhope in the House of Lords on 12 May 1840 also failed to pass. The House of Commons finally agreed on 27 July 1840 to a resolution of granting £173,442 for the expenses of the expedition to China, long after the war with China had broken out.

Cabinet Decision and Palmerston letters

Under strong pressure and lobbying from various trade and manufacturer associations, the Whig cabinet under Prime Minister Melbourne decided on 1 October 1839 to send an expedition to China.[91] War preparations then began.
In early November 1839, the Foreign Secretary Palmerston instructed Auckland, Governor General of India, to prepare military forces for deployment in China. On 20 February 1840 Palmerston (who remained unaware of the First Battle of Chuenpi in November 1839) drafted two letters detailing the British response to the situation in China. One letter was addressed to the Elliots, the other to the Daoguang Emperor and the Qing government. The letter to the Emperor informed China that Great Britain had sent a military expeditionary force to the Chinese coast.[92] In the letter, Palmerston stated that,
These measures of hostility on the part of Great Britain against China are not only justified, but even rendered absolutely necessary, by the outrages which have been committed by the Chinese Authorities against British officers and Subjects, and these hostilities will not cease, until a satisfactory arrangement shall have been made by the Chinese Government.[92]
In his letter to the Elliots, Palmerston instructed the commanders to set up a blockade of the Pearl River and forward to a Chinese official the letter from Palmerston addressing the Chinese Emperor. They were to then capture the Chusan Islands, blockade the mouth of the Yangtze River, start negotiations with Qing officials, and finally sail the fleet into the Bohai Sea, where they would send another copy of the aforementioned letter to Beijing.[93] Palmerston also issued a list of objectives that the British government wanted accomplished, with said objectives being:
  • Demand to be treated with the respect due to a royal envoy by the Qing authorities.
  • Secure the right of the British superintendent to administer justice to British subjects in China.
  • Seek recompense for destroyed British property.
  • Gain most favored trading status with the Chinese government.
  • Request the right for foreigners to safely inhabit and own private property in China.
  • Ensure that, if contraband is seized in accordance with Chinese law, no harm comes to the person(s) of British subjects carrying illicit goods in China.
  • End the system by which British merchants are restricted to trading solely in Canton.
  • Ask that the cities of Canton, Amoy, Shanghai, Ningpo, and the province of northern Formosa be freely opened to trade from all foreign powers.
  • Secure island(s) along the Chinese coast that can be easily defended and provisioned, or exchange captured islands for favorable trading terms.
Lord Palmerston left it to Superintendent Elliot's discretion as to how these objectives would be fulfilled, but noted that while negotiation would be a preferable outcome, he did not trust that diplomacy would succeed, writing;
To sum up in a few words the result of this Instruction, you will see, from what I have stated, that the British Government demands from that of China satisfaction for the past and security for the future; and does not choose to trust to negotiation for obtaining either of these things; but has sent out a Naval and Military Force with orders to begin at once to take the Measures necessary for attaining the object in view.[93]

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