is being discussed quietly by the diplomats and probably will soon be settled. Then the critics of the Orient and Occident will commence to tell us how it ought to have been done, and, of course, we shall have to be grateful for the illumination poured upon us. Meanwhile THE REPORT THAT WAR IS, is believed by many of the the extraordinary noise made by the tary powder-wasters yesterday morning served to aid credulity and generate wilder rumours. Said an antique wisexere to me "We are going to fight. The European nations have decided to allow Italy to have Saumén. They think it will be better to "cut up' China at once and save further delays and vexations. So, of course, we must prepare to resist them."
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