 He forced the surrender of all the drug then held in stock by the foreign merchants and destroyed it. This and some other acts, in which the British were treated with arrogance and with what was from their standpoint rank injustice, led to increased friction...  The Development of China - Page 145by Kenneth Scott Latourette - 1917 - 273 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Josephus Nelson Larned - History - 1924 - 970 pages
...to Canton a special commissioner [named Lin,] to put an end to the traffic. This commissioner . . . forced the surrender of all the drug then held in...friction and finally to open hostilities (1840-42). [See also CHINA: 1839-1842.] From the British standpoint the war was primarily to secure just treatment... | |
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