Meanwhile it is impossible to learn just now what is the latest phase in the crisis. Two things of exactly opposite tenour are ut forth as facts. One is that the Anglo-susian relations are more strained than ever and that a rapture is close at hand. The other is that Great Britain and the Czar have reached a complete agreement and that Lord Salisbury has abandoned the policy of an open door and China will be partitioned forthwith, Russia and Great Britain dividing the lion's share.
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