Krang, is reported to have made memorial by telegraph, from the his office, to the Dragon Throne. 1! before peace was concluded between France and this country, and while they had nego-tinted a truce, in order to arrang manent Treaty of Amity betwixt nations, The Memorialist petit he should be allowed to disobey the string gent orders to hold the truce, already concluded, inviolate, Ho said that he had aufticient reasons for believing that he could drive the enemy out of the country they had usurped, or exterminate them from the land of the living, and was willing to hazard the attempt, His great object was to vindicate the Imperial honour and show what the Chinese nation could do, so asto prevent any future attempts by western barbarians from seeking again to found Ewpiros too near the great and flowery land, Phe Throne it was true hed already concluded a truce with the French nation for the sake of negotiating a permanent pence; yet for the py of old China, and for the glory and honour of heir Majesties the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, should they teke his act of d 00 no! as an act of rebellion, he w person to fight the bar. arian foo and extermi n from the face of the earth, or dei back into the aoas from whence they comi case, whether he won or lost the battles in the great and holy cause in which he fought, in order still to vindicate the Mngullied name of the Imperial fame, he was willing after his return to submit to any punishment the French or others should demand and the Throne itself compelled to inflict, to clear its name from the foul atom of treachery or breach of faith, before the evea of the world. He was willing to suffer even The answer of the Empress to this wild achome was also noble and dignified. Never, said she, since the great Tsing Dynasty had been founded, had the Throne connived at disobedience, much less could there be a secret understanding to that effect between Sovereign and Minister; and this case, especially, could there be no ssu arrangement, as, when in contact with a foreign nation, any tion from the straight and honourable path might in future lead to complications, and thereby endanger tie safety of the empire. Lastly, though the thing he craved for could not be granted, the Throne took cognizance that his motive was a good one.
Tu a Chinese point of view the deed was a noble one, Albeit the Viceroy saw thinga in a crooked light, such as morals do not allow, the Chi lider, like the Jesuits of Inquisitorial times, that the end justifies the means, Chang had in view the heroic idea of saying his country, fice his life for the can: he espoused. disinterestedness of Chang Chih-tung, and the great loyal heart which prompted the idea say, moreover, that though this memorial may not be printed in the official Gazettes of our day or at any rate in the near future, it will most probably be inscribed in the official history and annals of the empire, to be perpetuated as an example of self: sacrifice and loyalty for the emulation of succeeding ages ai come. The o1 couched in grand and beautiful language, auch as the scholastic pen of Cha Chi tung alone ce Chinese hieroglyphics, and moreover the document, L cannot give 8 it so fully or so clearly as I would wish.
His Excellency Li Feng-pao, ex-Minister to Germany, has recently proceeded to Poking to, have an audience with the Throne.
There is a rumour afloat say ing will be appointed to t polontiary to England, the Marquis Tsdug, who will soon return to this country. It la indeed time that the Chinese Govern-mont should take this important subject of the navy in hand, and place it in some kind of condition to carry out the object a uary suitable and effectual We may therefore expect a complete change in the floating armament of China, and i that under two such being eye-w Weer, 2 marked change for good soon." The future programme for this now navy, I hear, will show one important change, and that is, instead of being placed under the different provi as it has b the good authority ani i tralized and placed under these two men, who will control it subject only to the Central Governmentin Peking. Atpresont, when more ships are being ordered out, are, also recommended to cipline tions necessary of the mari officers "in their di whether in drilli ing, dung and maucsuvering the grea clads in practice or in war, and thus educa them till they become effi ions and have the requi ce to fight death itself! This, however, has nut yet been decided upon, ince Ch'un has determined to eatablish an arsenal or military store-house in Poking for the storage of foreign arms and ammunition. A very large piece of ground will be required, as the intention at present to make it a very important depdt in the northern plateaux of China.
Octoszn THe Fourra,
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