Tux judgment which Sir J.W. Carting-ton, Chief Justice of Hongkong, delivered en the Ist of this month in the Supreme Court there in the case of the sketch of Lord Cromer and our policy in Fgypt. Those who are acquainted with Mr. Traill know that a literary treat is in store for them; that they may look for a clear review of circumstances and s calm dissection of reason Woosung Railway must be checked, On such lines only'can the industrial development of China progress; and in thus opening up China, the leading Powers can surely come to a working agreement. Now is the' time to Emperor of Chine v, Bennertz and-anand policy. Ihe book is enriched too steadily and firmly insist that the other, the terms of which we printed with many a caustic description and day of tariff reform, of financial yesterday morning, is a perfectly inex-Teflection, such as the author of The New reconstruction, and the cleansing of the Plicable one. In the first place it Zucian might be expected to indulge civil administration hus come, appears that anyone may arrest a in. Where can a more happy description It should be the nim of British steamer in Hongkong and keep her of the Gladstone Cabinet of 1884 be policy to foster this spirit and press for idle for a year, and only be liable at found than to call it "fourteen ab-such developments, together with the the outside for $1,000 damages. Both solutely unimaginative gentlemen... maintenance of the integrity of the parties seem to have taken this for shiily-shellying?" And what could Empire—the eighteen provinces, It granted, and if this is the law in Hong-be a more fitting description of the was pointed out in a recent, article kong, the sooner it is changed the better. policy the British' Government is pur-that division constitutes a source of Then the Chief Justice seems to have suing at present towards China than weakness to Buropean pence. It would taken for granted that the allegations "unimaginative shiily-shellying further be an act of injustice to the in the petition of the Emperor of China The able articles which have ap-Government and people; for which were true; (1) that he was the owner peared in recent issues of the Times even the past obstructive policy of the of the Wingchow; and (2) that Bennertz show conclusively that hitherto no Yamen would form'no excuse, For are Ca. were acting in contravention of just appreciation of the Chinese not the Powers by their continual the charter-party in sending the Ming-character nor of the British interests jealousies and rivalries largely to chow to Hongkong, But to the simple involved is discernible in our policy blame for the successful obstruction to, man it appears that if a plaintiff sud-bullying, yielding, coaxing, all these and present backwardness of com-denly and without leave withdraws his terms are applicable to the policy of mercial development? Grent Britain suit, it is because he has failed, or knows successive years. We need not stay is not such a quantity négligeabl, that he will on trial fail, to prove his case to support these statements by facts; in the world's affairs that her wishes and the allegations in his petition. It the articles to which we have referred can be lightly set aside; we hope must be remembered that the Emperor afford ample proof. We write in the that the Foreign Office is waking up to of China withdrew his suit in Hong-hope that a change is coming over the the needs of the times and the adoption kong while evidence was being taken in spirit of our diplomacy in the Far East, of a policy which, while affording scope Shanghai on " commission; yet with-'The impetuous action of Germany for the capital and energy of ite out the evidence taken on this com-threatened to complicate seriously the avd Continental Powers, will open mission being before him, the Chief political situation in China, High-the country to the trade of all, an, Justice takes' all the material allega-handed her action undoubtedly was—thereby tend to enrich alike the foreign tions of the plaintiff as proved. though as a means to an end, due merchant and the Chinese Governmen It is evident that the writ of the reparation for injuries inflicted, it is and people, Emperor of China rans large in Hong-not only excusable, but as we have Kong; we suppose that distance lends pointed out before, praiseworthy; had, enchantment to the view; and the however, annexation been contemplated logical result of the decision is, that as some feared, it would have been
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