Nou Little indignation was aroused in this calmy when tle news arrived, through Reuter, that some of the Powers, led by Russia, proposed to evacuate Peking and enter pon poxer negotiations with the so-called Chinese Government. It was doubted whether the British and German Goyernmen's would join in this policy of Incking down and caving in, but the local representative bodies, the Chamber of Commerce and the China Association, felt that it would, in any case, be advisable to try and assist to stiffen the back of the Foreign Office. With this view they have dispatched telegrams to London, T hear, independently but on similar lines. urging the necessity of maintaining the Allied Forces nn'il a government that can been formed and until the efficin's live been punished, and ug out the disastrous effect on British and foreign p vestige generally throughout the Central Kingdom that woul result from such a step as the withdrawal of the troops at the present juncture, The fact that the fourth brigade has been ordered to leave Tndia for China, issued since this proposal by Russia was made, seems to indicate that the British Gosernment have no intention of withdrawing their troops from Peking, but I note by to-day's R that Germany is showing signs of giving way. A compromise such as she suggests will have much the sue effect as Russin's proposal, so far as the Chinese are concerned, O'1 what a flabby lot these Powers
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