It is believed by many that Li Hung-chang will have to make tracks for Peking with all speed to aid the Government in the negotiations with Italy. He may afer all return to the Tsungli Yamen. No one need be disturbed by this, for it is not in Li's power to make thit body any worse than it is, He would add vastly to its intel und efficiency, and one of the best informed meu in Peking emphatically asserts that "the notion that Li is the enemy of England is utterly unfounded." This will not be believed by many Britishers at present, They may be mistaken. I give the assertion as one entitled to attention because ofthe high character, ability, and genuine friendliness to England of the gentleman who made it,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.