among the. people regarding the course of There is considerable, talk, end feeling the Germans, and the rumears of Rasca's movements in the North. These are not understood, and not a little fear is expressed as to their significance. "There is good ground for this fear in view of the recent dénouementin Corea. As a gentleman said recently, if they succeed with Mr. McLeavy Brown in Corea, Sir Robert Hart's turn may come next." A little incident which occurred recently in Peking, if it is correctly reported, and there is good reason for saying it is not all rumour, indicates which way the wind is blowing. The report is to this effect, that on his retura Shanhaikuan, ELE. Hu Yitfén was visited tom inspecting the railway to and beyond by the Russian "Minister, who wished to Know why the Chinese employed the English to build their railways, and urging that as Russin was the neighbour to China on the north it would be more proper, and the right thing to do, to ask Russia to do this work for China. 'He disavowed any instruetions from his own Government in the matter, and simply offered this as his "opinion." ELE. Ha replied that they were building their' own railroads; it was true that they had a large number of employes, not all of whom were English, however, but that it was not true that the English, any others, were building their railways; his Government was managing the entire affair itself, The Russian Minister pressed his point, and said it was quite natural that they should ask the English to build th southern lines as England was their neigh-hour in. Burma, but not so in the north, where Russia was the neighbour, still disavowing anything but an "opinion." ELE. Hu is said to have become somewhat angry fat. this persistence, and replied still more strongly that China was building, and intended to build, her own railways. It is farther reported that a few days after this interview, the Tsungli Yamtn received an official dispatch advising in rather a peremptory manner the discharge of all the Englis! employes on the Railroad, and the employment in their places of Russians.
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