The English-reading world are familiar with the celebrated saying bout smashing up a railway director by way of obtaining reform in railway matters; and it seems as if th principle it involves ely to be applied the case of the unfortunate Mr. Margary's murder. Despatches have been received from H.B.M. Minister at Peking, requesting Vice Admiral Ryder's presence in the North to aid in exacting the complete satisfaction which it is Mr. Wade's intention to demand from the Chinese Government for the treacherous act of the Governor of Momein. Hence the Vice Admiral's departure on Sunday next, for an object which will command the sympathies of every countryman of the murdered man, Happily for the end to which Mr. Margary has sacrificed he was not missionary or an independent traveller, whose making away with could be explained in the ordinary ike of local mob, He travelling with the safe conduct of the Chinese Government in his pocket, and his unprovoked execution by the ruffian who chanced to be in power at Momein will have to be heavily atoned for. It is to be hoped that no excuses will be allowed to prevail in this respect. The time has come when the Chinese Government must be plainly told that it is impossible to recognize it as a sovereign power, if its own passports are refused recognition by the responsible officials of the inner provinces, and the form which any atonement should take must obviously be one that would make an impression throughout the Empire. 1t is of no use to content ourselves with the ''recall" or '"degradation" of the peccant official and the payment ofa money indemnity. We had enough of that after the Tientsin massacre, when one of the scoundrels chiefly responsible was '"degraded" at Tientsin, and within two years after promoted to a much higher position than that he had forfeited elsewhere. Asa matter of justice to humanity, we must sternly insist upon the trial of the Governor of Momein in_ presence of properly deputed foreign officials, and if proved guilty see that lo himself suffers the fate he inflicted upon an inoffensive and able man in defiance of the orders of his Government. But something more is necessary than Mr. Wade must with equal vigour insist upon the issue of an Imperial edict in the Peling Gazette, setting forth the crime and the infliction of its penalty in full detail, and furthermore take steps to satisfy bineelt that itis circulated throughout the Empire. We attach particular importance to this last joint, the more so as, though of the utmost importance in Chinese eyes, it is the one regarding which Mr. Wade has in past, years shown himself least careful. And old residents will recollect the practical juke played upon him at the time of the signing of the Treaty, when not only were the copies not forwarded to the provinces as agreed upon, but an emasculated edition of the Peling Gazette, omitting all reference to the Treaty, was actually prepared for provincial cixeulation, while special copies containing all that was asked were forwarded to the Legati We cannot afford to be again fooled in this way 5 and we believe that an insistance upon this point would do more to alter the temper of the people, and to ensure the safety of future Hers, than theinlliction ofthe most terrible We cannot of course ignore the Lex talion petrator or perpetrator
The outrage is too gross to be passed over as a tot travel, and for once a pro-official has given us fair cause of provocation without the slightest chance, if We are firm, of evading its proper penalty.
From all' we hear, we are led to believe that Mr, Wade is really in earnest this and has no of allowing an overtender consideration for Chinese weaknesses
may rest assured that the the terfere with @ vigorous course of i ie in China will be with him in may make, {6 we could rightfully demand the satisfaction accorded to our Consul in Venezuela, when the offender was sentenced by his own countrymen to suffer death by flogging for the infamous outrage he was guilty of, weare surely justified in tlemanding for a Chinese official, pathised with by fants, the less barbarous p jon for a worse er than that committed on Mr. Magee.
ly trust that no namby-pamby sentimentalism will interfere to prevent Mr. Wade and Admiral Ryder carrying out to the full the course they deem advisable, not merely in the spirit of just vengeance, Gut as a matter of safety to future travellers and, indirectly, of benefit to the semi-ravage regions in which Mr. Margary breathed his last. Tt may the sudden and cowardly act wh deprived him of life may do more to open up" China, than be could possibly have done had his life b in tender and ere sympathy for the loss of we may express a hope that they will find some consolation in the fact that his sad fate will probably conduce to the estab ment of totally new conditions as regards travel, in the vast empire which has proved his tomb.
Rangoon Gazette.) were in error in stating that th pedition of Colonel Brown had started from Sawaidy. It appears that for vation reasons, the Foute has been d ud th Mauwyne road decided upon. fact as that partially traversed by Major Sladen, by which, in 1869, he succeeded in getting as far as Momein, The course lies North-east of Bhamo, proceeding past Ponsee, lat which place the last expedition was detained 1, and where Major Sladen discovered not agree with Sir Samuel Baker in the pleasure felt by the latter at being in a downright difficulty. Leaving the hills of Ponsee behind, the road lies through Manwyne, Sanda, and Mynela to Momein, the furthest point reached in 1869. Matters aust have considerably changed since then, the Panthays having been exterminated. The Chinese are unlikely to make difficulties, and as the country, from all we can learn, is tranquil, there is no room to doubt but that the expe-
The disastrous news received by telegraph from Mandalay, of the treacherous murder of Mr. Margary, and the retreat of tion under Colonel Brown, has creat arnest painful effect. The Mi had given up the idea of proceeding by Sawaddy roate, as we announced a few days ago, and adopt: ing the old roate traversed by Major Sladen, and by which the late Mr. Margary reached Bhamo, had advanced some four marches beyond Bhamo, when some difficulty occurred at the front, which induced Mr. Margary to ride on alone to Manwyne where, on his advance, he had been received with friendly and respectful demonstrations. Here he waa fallen upon and killed; and then followed an attack on the expedition, which appears to have been plundered of neatly everything and driven back, fortunately without Joss of life, to a village near Bhamo. Simultaneously with this, we learn that Mr. Elias is stopped at Myne-Mow, and has no alternative but to return to Bhamo, We look in vain at present for any information as to the cause of thi calamity. Poor Mr, Margary came through, not only without difficulty but with unexpected facility, meeting on all sides with every mark of friendliness and consideration—the people kowtowing to the Chinese literatus who accompanied him, and astounded to find that Margary was greater than he. On the return trip, the expedition is barely clear of Burmah, and presumably of the influence of king, when fate smites the enterprise with heavy and disastrous hand. Can the cause be found in a local emeue? We hardly think so, There is the contemporaneous stop put to the journey of Mr. Elms ut Myne-Mow.
Some signs of plan and deliberation ich do not harmonize with igus some purely local isan odd coincidence that Emb: preceded our own by only "few days and bj the same route, and it is more than possible to our mind that Golden Foot has had something to do with the catastrophe. We hope jove all things, that asearching investigation, will be made. The Court of Pekin comit be sensible of any other feeling than that of \diguaut regret at the outrage, and will, we should imagine, be ready to furnish every h its authors and abettor ald inquivic point to the King of Burmalyas having instigated this murder it will probably go hard with that worth A British resident and an armed force will, we hope, deprive him of the power of future mischief, or, t would be still more desirable, improve hin off the face of Buruah at all events altogether.
he untimely death in the service of country, of Mr. Margary, wader such paint cireuuistances, will awaken a wide and deep feeling of sympathy. Cut down in, the moment of success, after having accomplished jarellelled feat and without having ha ven of the acknowledgments of his countrymen, his fate has be and we trust that it will be simply avenge March, Mr, Eling, we are glad to hear, has returned safely to Bhamo, and Colonel Brown, who was at a village some twelve miles from thence according to the last advices, is probably safely there also. We are looking forward with great anxiety to fuller news of the late catastrophe. It seems that Mr Margary's escort, five in namber, were also all nvurdered, and the attacking party must have made rich haul by looting all the treasure and presents in charge of the expedition, We believe an express boat is on its way down from Bhamo, and may arrive at any and which will probably bear full despatches from Colonel Brown, conveying all information that has been obtainable as to the attack and violation of the safe conduct. It is simply inconesivable that, without supposing #08? considerable pressure to have been exerted, the expedition should have been driven bad in the ignominious manner it has been. trust that a searching investigation will Lo \—of that, presumably there is little and that an adequate measure 0 punishment may be meeted out ito the offenders, Who murder of Mr. Margary is not only fa crime, but assuming it fo have sprig from political motives, a blunder of
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