 | Samuel Wells Williams - 1897 - 504 pàgines
...at in any point of view, political, commercial, moral, or intellectual, it will always be considered as one of the turning points in the history of mankind,...of all nations in its wide-reaching consequences. When matters connected with the treaty had been arranged, Sir Henry proposed to say a few words upon... | |
 | Harlan Page Beach - 1898 - 210 pàgines
...political, commercial, moral, or intellectual, it will always be considered as one of the turning-points in the history of mankind, involving the welfare of all nations in its wide-reaching consequences." a vice fatal to his people, one can hardly escape the conviction that the war was at once "unjust"... | |
 | Harlan Page Beach - 1901 - 224 pàgines
...political, commercial, moral, or intellectual, it will always be considered as one of the turning-points in the history of mankind, involving the welfare of all nations in its wide-reaching consequences." 2. Though missionaries could now enter strategic cities, it was reserved for a native rebellion to... | |
 | Arthur H. Smith - 1901 - 466 pàgines
...whether from the political, commercial, moral, or intellectual standpoint, as " one of the turning-points in the history of mankind, involving the welfare of all nations in its widereaching consequences." By it the Emperor of China was punished for refusing to treat the foreigners with common humanity,... | |
 | Arthur H. Smith - 1903 - 284 pàgines
...from the political, commercial, moral, or intellectual standpoint, it was "one of the turning-points in the history of mankind, involving the welfare of all nations in its wide-reaching consequences." By it, in addition to Canton, were opened the ports of Amoy, Foochow, Ningpo, and Shanghai, — the... | |
 | Harlan Page Beach - 1905 - 262 pàgines
...political, commercial, moral, or intellectual, it will always be considered as one of the turning-points in the history of mankind, involving the welfare of all nations in its wide-reaching consequences." 2. Though missionaries could now enter strategic cities, it was reserved for a native rebellion to... | |
 | Arthur Judson Brown - 1907 - 424 pàgines
...This treaty contributed so much to the opening of China that Dr. S. Wells Williams characterized it as " one of the turning points in the history of mankind,...all nations in its wide-reaching consequences." It was therefore a lasting benefit to China and to the world. But the Chinese did not then and do not... | |
 | 1911 - 108 pàgines
...political, commercial, moral, or intellectual, it will always be considered one of the turning-points in the history of mankind, involving the welfare of all nations in its wide-reaching consequence." It was at this point that China " faced about " in her attitude to modern missionary... | |
 | James Cantlie, Charles Sheridan Jones - 1912 - 290 pàgines
...to the opening of China that Dr. S. Wells Williams characterized it as " one of the turning-points in the history of mankind, involving the welfare of all nations in its wide-reaching consequences." That may have been the case. None the less the Chinese have always bitterly resented its terms. In... | |
 | Herbert Henry Gowen - 1913 - 244 pàgines
...this time went through satisfactorily, and on Aug. 29, 1842 there was signed on board HMS CornwaUis the Treaty of Nanking, which Dr. Wells Williams has...$21,000,000 indemnity (made up of $6,000,000 for the opium, $3,000,000 for debts due to British subjects, and $12,000,000 for the expenses of the campaign ) ;... | |
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one of the turning points in the history of mankind, involving the welfare of all nations in its wide-reaching consequences." It consisted of thirteen articles, of which the principal provisions arranged for the transfer of Hongkong to the British crown;... 
