26th Feb.
Tore can be very little doubt that the action of the Foreign Ministers, in refusing to be received in audience by the Emperor in the 'I'ze Kuang Ko, will be generally approved. There were, 10 doubt, when the audience was first mentioned again, some reasons why the Ministers should have acceded to this arrangement. They might have said that as it was the Ewperor who was receiving them, it was for him to point out the place of reception, and that. they-might safely go to be received in a hall that had been found satisfactory by their predecessors Sir Thomas. Wade, General Viangaly, Mr. F. F. Low, and their colleagues, with the deliberate approval of the European Courts. They' might have dwelt more on the importance of cultivating friendly relations
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