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回复 407# 小盐粒儿
1842年8月29日,中英《南京条约》签订,持续了两年多的战争终于宣告结束。璞鼎查在条约签订的当日,即授权秘书麻恭(H. Malcolm)向全体在华英人发布通告,将条约的基本内容广而告之。告示中特别提到,英人“所有的赔偿要求,毫无疑问都将得到最高当局的承认”。在澳门的英人报纸在得到通告文本后当即将其登载。(76)其后,几份报刊都刊登了与南京谈判相关的大量文献,并对其过程作了细致的报道。
麻恭的通告在9月9日晚上8点,由英国汽船“霍夫里号”(Hooghly)送达澳门。《广州周报》立即在第2天出版的报纸上刊登,编者还加了一段以“来自北方的光荣消息”为题的按语,为《南京条约》的签订而欢呼:
和平实现了,而且是在如此有利的条件下,以致亨利·璞鼎查爵士的名字将在他的国家的外交家中永居高位。这个条约的条款与义律上校在穿鼻达成的那一个是多么的不同!现在签订的这一个具有满足所有索赔者的空间,而且比这还多!(77)
编者还说,剩下的问题就是等待中国皇帝的批准——即说英国方面对如此令人满意的条约不会再有异议。在他看来,让道光帝批准条约不会有什么问题了,因为南京这个重镇陷于英军之手,而且还有舟山、鼓浪屿“作为实现条约条款的保证”,此外香港作为英人居留地,能驻守一支“令天朝服从的足够强大的海军”,以维护英人利益。(78)为中英关系喧嚣一时的英商终于等到了一直盼望的那一天。
结语
的确,《南京条约》几乎实现了10余年来在华英文媒体讨论中西关系时提出的所有愿望,实现了半个多世纪以来英国政府和英国商人长久的梦想,摧毁了令来华西人一直切齿痛恨的中国人的“排外”屏障,令“傲慢”、“自负”而又“愚昧”的清政府低头,令原来高高在上、长期“侮辱”和“蔑视”西方人的官员们慑服,从而使“文明的”基督教世界一举颠覆了它与中华帝国的原有关系,初步实现了对华“自由交往”的目标。在多年的压抑之后,终于扬眉吐气的来华西人,特别是英国人的兴奋与雀跃,是可以想见的。《广州周报》的评论表明,《南京条约》之所以与义律在穿鼻洋同琦善商议的口头协议“如此不同”,是因为璞鼎查率领的“远征军”采取了足够的军事行动。
从表面上看,无论是来华英国商人群体,还是英国国内的商人组织,都没有能力直接影响英国政府的决策。但这些商人及其团体长期的舆论攻势,对于英国政府最后的战争决心、行动目标与谈判方略,则有着不可忽视的影响。由英国海军舰队到广州以北的中国海岸执行封锁和禁运,占领厦门、宁波以及可以威胁大运河的地点,在靠近北京的地方显示武力,由从未涉足过对华贸易的海军将领充当全权谈判代表,这都是英商在他们的舆论喉舌和著作中不厌其烦地加以论证的对华军事行动纲领,史实证明,鸦片战争中英军基本上是根据这一思路展开军事行动和谈判的,虽然参与行动的英军的规模比英商建议的要大;开放厦门、宁波等更多的通商口岸、废除行商制度、改革关税税制和税率、在中国沿海占领岛屿、在华实施治外法权、废止对外人的一系列管理措施,等等,这都是鸦片战争前10年左右的时间里英商反复论证、频频向英国政府请愿的目标,也是他们控制的报刊一再宣扬的诉求,后来英人通过《南京条约》以及《虎门条约》、《五口通商章程》等附约取得的权益,也主要是这些内容,当然,在细节方面与英商的建议也不完全相同。更重要的是,在华英商一直鼓吹的通过武力改变中西关系格局的愿望,终于在1840年成为现实。
注释:
①The Canton Register, March 12th, 1839.
②Dent & Co. & c., "To the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Palmerston," in The Canton Press, May 25th, 1839.
③Dent & Co. & c., "To the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Palmerston," in The Canton Press, September 21st, 1839.
④实际上,在英国和印度的这些商人组织早就试图就中英关系对英国政府施加影响。例如,1836年格拉斯哥商人联合向巴麦尊请愿,要求英政府与中国交涉,取得与北京政府直接交往、改善英商生活条件、允许英商自建货栈、允许英商与行外商人交易、中国法律保护英人、开放厦门和宁波等港口、取得中国沿海一个岛屿、让英人在华实施海事裁判,共8个方面的权利。(见The Canton Press,November 19th,1836.)1837年2月伦敦“印度与中国协会”致函巴麦尊,要求在广州设立领事,建立法庭,派使节到北京,等等。(见The Canton Press,October 27th,1837.)
⑤The Canton Press, November 23rd, 1839.
⑥"Foreign Relations with China," in The Canton Press, August 24th, 1839.
⑦The Canton Register,March 24th,1840.在同一天的报纸上,一个署名“△”的读者也对英国政府的这种决定表示了愤慨。见△’s letter,The Canton Register, March 24th, 1840.1840年4月7日,该报再次刊登评论,对英国政府拒绝赔偿表示不满。见“Justice to the China Merchants,” in The Canton Register, April 7th,1840.
⑧他论证英国政府应该承担缴烟造成的损失,并指出东印度公司和议会议员们是鸦片的所有人;同时,力辩鸦片贸易无罪,故被《广州纪事报》引为同调。《中国丛报》也在此时为沃伦的书发表了书评。裨治文在评论中同意英国政府应该为被缴出的鸦片负责的观点,但驳斥了沃伦为鸦片贸易辩护的观点。见E. C. Bridgman, "Pamphlets on China, Written with Reference to the Questions of Indemnity for Opium and of Hostilities with the Government," in The Chinese Repository, Vol. 9, No. 3(July 1840), pp. 156-165.
⑨"Opium Claims," in The Canton Register, October 13th, 1840.
⑩Britannicus, "To the Editor of the Canton Press," in The Canton Press, March 28th, 1840.
(11)Nomen, "To the Editor of the Bengal Hurkaru, " in The Canton Register, July 23rd, 1839.《广州周报》在8月3日亦刊登了这些请愿书和信件。
(12)Nomen, "To the Editor of the Bengal Hurkaru," in The Canton Register, September 1st & 30th, 1839.
(13)Framjee Cowesjee, etc., "To the Right Honorable Lord Auckland, Governor General of India," in The Canton Press, September 28th, 1839; Dent & Co., etc.," To the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Palmerston, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs," in The Canton Press, September 28th, 1839.
(14)One Long Resident in China, "To John Horsley Palmer," in The Canton Press, January 18th, 1840.
(15)"From the Calcutta Courier, 20th January," in The Canton Press, April 18th, 1840.
(16)J. Skinner. "Circular," in The Canton Register, April 21st, 1840; A Voice from the East, "To All Associations: Chambers of Commerce, Proprietors of India Stock, Merchants, Ship Owners and Other Parties in Great Britain, Connected with the East India and China Trade, or Interested in the Maintenance of British Influence and Commerce in the East," in The Canton Register, April 21st, 1840.
(17)"China Opium," in The Canton Register Extra, June 23rd, 1842.
(18)"Opium Claims," in Supplement to the Canton Register, July 5th, 1842.
(19)关于此点,参见吴义雄《在宗教与世俗之间——基督教新教传教士在华南沿海的早期活动研究》,广州:广东教育出版社,2000年,第243-248页。需要说明,裨治文等人对于鸦片贸易本身一直是持批评态度的。裨治文在目睹林则徐虎门销烟后,除在《中国丛报》撰文介绍,还致函《广州纪事报》,肯定林则徐为代表的严禁派决心彻底毁灭鸦片走私,还说,在他与林则徐会面的整个过程中,“彻底禁绝鸦片走私似乎是其最主要的目标,也是他最深刻、最急切的关注对象之一”。此时,他仍然希望英国与中国之间能够达成“友好的协议”,后来观点才有所改变。(E. C. B., "To the Editor of the Canton Register," in The Canton Register,October 8th,1839.)1840年6月16日,《广州纪事报》载文评论说,裨治文主编的《中国丛报》发表了一篇“公道的文章”,表明这一“受人尊敬的杂志对鸦片贸易问题采取了温和的和实际的立场”(The Canton Register,June 16th,1840.)。
(20)E. C. Bridgman, "The New Year," in The Chinese Repository,Vol. 8,No. 9(January 1840),p.444.《中国丛报》对英国人的有限批评后来引起马儒翰的反击。他在文中将中英冲突的责任完全归咎于林则徐和中国政府,坚持认为鸦片问题并非冲突发生的原因。见J. R. Morrison, "On the Cause of Rupture between England and China," in The Chinese Repository,Vol. 8,No. 12(April 1840),pp. 619-623.
(21)"Address to the People of England," in The Canton Register, May 21st, 1839.
(22)A Fanqui, "To the Editor of the Times," in The Canton Press, June 1st, 1839.
(23)"Foreign Relations with China Ⅰ," in The Canton Press, July 13th, 1839.
(24)"Foreign Relations with China Ⅲ," in The Canton Press, July 20th, 1839; "Foreign Relations with China Ⅲ," in The Canton Press, July 27th, 1839.
(25)"China," in The Canton Press, August 10th, 1839.
(26)The Canton Register, October 15th, 1839.
(27)Ramrod, "To the Editor of the Canton Press," in The Canton Press, October 12th, 1839.
(28)Ramrod, "To the Editor of the Canton Press," in The Canton Press, December 14th, 1839.
(29)一个例外是,《广州纪事报》发表了一位刚从中国回到英国的读者的来信,信中公开为义律辩护,强调义律一人承担了太多的义务,而大多数在华英人对义律过于苛刻,不能体谅他的困难,对他的行动没有给予应有的信任。(见Justitia,“Captain Elliot Defended,”in The Canton Register,November 17th,1840.)但《广州纪事报》在刊登此信后,又用一整版多的篇幅,就义律长期以来的种种过错进行了详细的论述。(见Supplement to the Canton Register,November 24th,1840.)
(30)"Captain Charles Elliot's Illegal Acts," in The Canton Register, December 1st, 1840.
(31)Olyphant & Co, "To the Editor of the Canton Press," in The Canton Press, July 20th, 1839; "Form of Certificate," in The Canton Press, July 20th, 1839.
(32)"Messes Olyphant & Co.," in The Canton Register, July 23rd, 1839.
(33)The Canton Press,July 6th,1839.此评论矛头针对奥立芬行,故该行在21日致函《广州周报》进行辩解,见Olyphant & Co., "To the Editor of the Canton Press," in The Canton Press, July 27th, 1839.
(34)Olyphant & Co., "To the Editor of the Canton Press," in The Canton Press, August 10th,1839.该报评论同日发表。关于1839年5月后英美商人的关系问题,《广州周报》后来还继续讨论,见An American,“To the Editor of the Canton Press,” in The Canton Press,September 19th,1840.《广州周报》编者的答复同日刊登。
(35)有关文件见The Canton Press, July 13th,1839.
(36)The Canton Register, October 1st, 1839.
(37)The Canton Register, December 10th, 1839.
(38)F. B. Wells, "To the Editor of the Canton Register," in The Canton Press, October 3rd, 1840.
(39)"Answer," in The Canton Press, October 3rd, 1840.
(40)The Canton Register, January 28th, 1840.
(41)C. W. King, "Progress of the Difficulties between the English and the Chinese; the Position of the American Residents," in The Chinese Repository, Vol. 8, No. 9(January 1840), pp. 444-448,452,454,463,476.
(42)The Canton Press, February 15th, 1840; The Canton Press, February 22nd, 1840.
(43)《文录·批美国代办领事多喇那为英国五月前后欲行封港请将本国来船进黄浦开舱禀》,载《林则徐全集》第5册,福州:海峡文艺出版社,2002年,第310页。
(44)《文录·批美国代办领事多喇那为英国五月前后欲行封港请将本国来船进黄埔开舱禀》,载《林则徐全集》第5册,福州:海峡文艺出版社,2002年,第309-310页。
(45)"The American Petition," in The Canton Register, May 5th, 1840.
(46)One of the Signers of the Late Petition, "To the Editor of the Canton Press," in The Canton Press, May 16th, 1840.
(47)"The American Petition," in Supplement to the Canton Register, May 12th, 1840.
(48)"The American Petition," in The Canton Register, May 26th, 1840.
(49)The Canton Register Extra, June 25th, 1840; The Canton Register, August 4th, 1840.
(50)The Canton Register, June 23rd, 1840.
(51)An American, "To the Editor of the Canton Register," in The Canton Register, October 17th, 1839.
(52)"Islands near the Coast of China," in The Canton Press, April 25th, 1840.
(53)"Commercial Treaty with China," in Supplement to the Canton Press, June 27th, 1840.
(54)"Commercial Treaty with China," in Supplement to the Canton Press, June 27th, 1840.
(55)A, "To the Editor of the Canton Press," in Supplement to The Canton Press, July 4th, 1840.同日报纸上有编者对此问题的进一步说明。
(56)A British Merchant, "To the Editor of the Canton Register," in The Canton Register, November 3rd, 1840.
(57)The Canton Register, November 3rd, 1840.
(58)George Elliot, "General Memorandum," in The Canton Register, November 17th, 1840.
(59)The Canton Register, November 17th, 1840.
(60)Dent & Co. & c., "To His Excellency Real Admiral the Honorable George Elliot," in The Canton Register,December 1st,1840.懿律在26日予以答复,表示停战协定的范围只涉及浙江,在广东无效。
(61)义律与琦善在道光二十一年(1841)初的谈判,因清政府严令琦善进剿英人而宣告中断。由于无法进港贸易,《广州纪事报》在3月2日焦急地报道说,“估计价值三百万英镑的英国财产在中国水域飘泊,而且这一数目不久还会加倍,或达到三倍”。
(62)The Canton Press, December 5th, 1840.
(63)Charles Elliot, "Circular to H. B. M. Subjects Resident at Macao," in The Canton Press, January 10th, 1840.
(64)"Negotiations," in The Canton Press, January 10th, 1840.
(65)有关义律与琦善谈判的过程,见佐佐木正哉编《鸦片战争的研究》(资料篇),东京:近代中国资料委员会,1964年,第67-71页。义律公布的与琦善协议的中译文,见胡滨译《英国档案有关鸦片战争资料选译》下册,北京:中华书局,1993年,第836页。
(66)The Canton Register, January 19th, 1841.
(67)Supplement to The Canton Register, January 19th, 1841.
(68)"Expedition to China," in The Canton Register, January 26th, 1841.这一时期在印度的英人也对巴麦尊的中国政策和采取的措施提出批评。见Meretor, "Our Chinese Policy, To Lord Viscount Palmerston," The Sun, April 26th,1841,转引自The Canton Register, July 27th, 1841.
(69)The Canton Press,January 23rd,1841.该报在2月13日和20日又刊登评论,对义律的谈判继续提出批评。该报虽对义律与琦善谈判的结果表示不满,但在琦善被道光帝惩处后,又几次发表文章,关注其命运,为其鸣冤叫屈。见"Ministerial Responsibility," in The Canton Press, April 3rd, 1841; "Keshen," in The Canton Press, July 10th, 1841; "The Trial of Keshen before the Grand Council of the Empire," in The Canton Press, October 31st, 1841.
(70)E. C. Bridgman, "Journal of Occurrences," in The Chinese Repository, Vol. 10, No. 2(Feburary 1841), pp. 116-120.
(71)E. C. Bridgman, "Journal of Occurrences," in The Chinese Repository, Vol. 10, No. 5(May 1841), pp. 292, 296.
(72)John Quincy Adams, "Lecture on the War with China, Delivered before the Massachusetts Historical Society, December, 1841," in The Chinese Repository, Vol. 11, No. 5(May 1842), pp. 274-289.
(73)Editor of The Chinese Repository, "Note," in The Chinese Repository, Vol. 11, No. 5(May 1842), p. 289.
(74)"The War Between Great Britain and China," in The Canton Register, April 26th, 1842.《广州周报》也刊登了亚当斯演说的摘要,见 "Opinion of the Ex-President John Quincy Adams on the Justice of the British War against China," in The Canton Press, April 23rd, 1842.
(75)"The War Between Great Britain and China," in The Canton Register, April 26th, 1842.
(76)H. Malcolm, "Circular to Her Britannic Majesty's Subjects in China," in The Canton Press,September 10th,1842.另见The Canton Register,September 13th,1842.几份英文报刊都在此后以大篇幅报道与谈判和条约签订相关的消息,在此不一一论及。
(77)"Glorious News from the North," in The Canton Press, September 10th, 1842.
(78)"Glorious News from the North," in The Canton Press, September 10th, 1842.
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