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Brassey, presiding over the Royal Commission before it had placed itself in the hands of the Government of India, said, We may take it that we all regard that policy of the past with great regret. The sword has been resorted to again and again without any cleaning of our escutcheon; it is time to try methods that will lift our relation ship with China on to a higher plane, promising better results.