The gentry and literati turm the conservative party (of evurse) and protest against the Chihsien's proposition to open the city gates to the Germans and quarter them the Examination Hall. They have sent a strong delegation of their party to Chin anfu to urge the Governor to relingui his present policy and prevent further invasion by Germany. What the result of this parley will be, can only be surmised. In any case there ix danger ahead, and our German confidres will do well if they accomplish their ends without offending Yuan Shih-kai and compelling him to alter his intention to protec: foreign interests in the interior.
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