Irth July. We earnestly recommend our readers, before they go to the meeting this afternoon, to read the letter of our Hankow correspondent, and the account of the interview of our representative with Mr. Consul-General Bock. Our Hankow correspondent's letter may seem strong, but it must be remembered that it is written by a man who has seen the bodies of his personal friends as they came from the hands of the murderers and mutilators at Sungpu. It may seem at first reading impossible that the Consul-General of the murdered men could give himself away to the Viceroy, however " polite and nice" the latter might be, as Mr. Bock is reported for not listening to official advice. We do not propose to be satisfied with Mr. Bock's promise to the Viceroy that if a prompt agreement is come to, the matter shall not go to Peking.
We want to know if the Tsungli Yamen thinks that the Hukuang Viceroy has respected as he ought the treaties and the Imperial Decrees; and we should further like to low if HE. Chang Chih-tung has so little power in Hupeh that, if he chose to, he could not guarantee Mr. Bock's safety in Sungpu, if Mr. Bock had stuck to his original intention to go there. Are the Hankow community to emigrate en masse without complaint some day, when H.E. Chang Chih-tung chooses to send them word that "he cannot guarantee their safety
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