has for the moment to take third place among the great foreign questions of the day. The news of the Chinese concessions to Franco have created no excitement. was, of course, recognised from the first that when Germany, Russia, and England had all obtained a fresh foothold in China France had an undoubted claim to a simi-Jar concession; and her demands are regarded as in no way menacing British interests. That the Russian non-official newspapers should have shrieked about the surrender of Weihaiwei to dis rather fisttering to our vanity; and at the same time as a guarantee of peace wwe are not sorry to find that the Russian Government accepts our diplomatic victory with outward courtesy. In the dispute as to the probable value of Weihaiwei asa naval base the minority who regard it favourably have received a great accession of strength in the published opinion of Admiral Sir Vesey Hamilton.
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