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Lord Charles Beresford's recent. book, The Break-up of China, is full of inter: ext to all Europeans in the Far Evst, But in the May number of the North Amerean Reriew he had already published an article, wherein the author discusses the policy he recommends and thu grounds on which he recommends it. Those who were privileged to hear the speeches he delivered in Hongkong and. Slunghai, know that this policy is "an open door, fair field, and no favour." He urges Great Britain, the United States, Germany, and Japan to combine, in order to secure for China, among other blessings, the execution of @ comprehensive programme of reform, ranging from the appointment of a foreign financial adviser and the reorganisation of the finances, the currency, the army, and the police, to a genoraladministrative reform. The Times, which criticises this article, sarcastic: ally says that "under thes conditions the Chinese Empire might Inst for another thousand years or #0." Tt believes apparently that the scheme is Utopian, because the conditions necessary to insure its success are impossible. It thinks that these four Great Powers are very unlikely, to march arm in arm to play the role of political missionaries. But supposing this possible the writer aske: What chance would thera be of getting their demands complied with by the Empress Dowazer and her surroundings, or by any other conceivable set of Chinese officials under the existing réyime?" It would appear, however, that the Emperor and a certain section of the mandarins are not oblivious to the danger to which China is exposed, introduction of drastic jew to ward off the imding cola Kang Yii-wei has given us. practically " history of the inner life of Peking during the last five years, the perusal of which should perhaps be of interest to all who luck upon China as a problem that must be solved, and may come pressing any fine day. Kang Yue wei had already published a volume, in which ho painted, in lurid colours, the proud, grasping,' heartless,—licentious character of the Empress Dowager. The following articles are from the pen of the same author. The book is published in Japan, and said tobe unobtainable in China.
the last word of the famous Reformer before he left for Europe. If the half be true Kuang Hsii deserves the profoundest sympathy of all European Powers, for the hook represents him as being an intelligent, well-meaning, self-restrained, far-seeing monarch who has clearly seen for some time the approaching crash, and had he been then allowed a free hand would have prevented the worries, irritations, insults, and massacres which have almost. exasperated. Europeans during the Inst quarter of a century. If Lord Charles Beresford' policy were possible, and if these pages are, in aay approximate sense, true to fact, there ¢ 20 two mon at least, yet living, who wor ald assist him with all their might—Kar Hoi the Emperor, and Kang Yii-wei the Reformer. They. might yet assist political missionaries mentioned aby ye in giving effect to the schemes and dre'ums of the popular writer of the article in the North American Review.
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