referred to the discussion which took place Your indent a chort time ago here in the Diplomatic Body anent the language to be used on official occasions. In itself the subject does not perhaps merit farther consideration, but as indicating the trend of events in the Far East and as one of many things showing that a most determined effort is being to made relegate British influence to a back seat, it is imperative couled policy of undermining British and merican influence, why that is quite an- i other thing. English is the language of subscription for the poor Armenians, Agreat ing. The missionary body is getting up a Society at Peking; nearly everybody speaks it and one or two who do not are fast try-fire x poe on the evening of the 4th in the Board of Revenue, by which a largenuming to learn it. Why then seek to upset this ber of the buildings have been destroyed. natural law? Why not accept the situation The Governor ELE. Yung-lu, who is at pre-While making these remarks it must be sent at the Eastern Tombs superintending id in justice to Colonel Denby that he the repairs on the Empress-Dowager's has neither been lukewarm nor antagonistic mausoleum, has been most fortunately to the use of English as the official language absent. The cases of the officials of the of the Diplomatic Corps in china. Against Board have been referred to the Board of get ced derful attack he made the Punishment and are likely to result in fight for English. A concerted effort was Wong Tung-ho, Chang Chih-wan and made to substitute French. He opposed it Ching Hsin being mulcted in a year's pay in with all his power, and his influence with consequence, as is the usual course under his colleagues succeeded in saving English such circumstances. The Governor was as the official language. equally fortunate towards the end of last year when he was absent on a like errand
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