William Ewart Gladstone1839
Denounces the war as "unjust and iniquitous" and criticised Lord Palmerston's willingness "to protect an infamous contraband traffic."
Great Britain · Warfare / Opium Wars, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Denounces the war as "unjust and iniquitous" and criticised Lord Palmerston's willingness "to protect an infamous contraband traffic."
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