The ' Sinwénpao" livs the following It is reported that the Fa Kung-sze (Anglo-Italian, or Peking Syndicate) has requested a certain Censor to memiorislise the Throne recommending the borrowing of a foreign loan for the purpose of opening amines in Shensi province.—It further reported from Heian that, owing to rumours being prevalent in that city of the cession on the 6th of July last of Mongolia and Tibet to Russia, " clique of Censors at once presented a jot memorial protesting against such an act and declaring that never should the dynasty cede an inch of territory, gained at so much expense of blood and treasure by the brave ancestors of the Emperor, to any foreign Power, no matter how f it may be to the present rulers of China. The Chief Reactionaries of Hsian.
The same paper states that the recent Censure of the Empress Dowager against the Chinese Plenipotentiaries—note which was made in these columns at the time—for feebleness in conducting the peace negotiations, was really drawn up by Lu Ch'uan-lin, assisted by Fan Tseng. hsiang, the Provincial Judge of Shensi, and former chief private secretary of Yung Ly.
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