Very little importance is attached to the Edict abolishing the essay system of and initiating a new regime.
an unwilling concession to the force of circumstances, and the urgency of the representations made by the more enlightened Governors. However this may be, Edict. of this kind at least removes the inertia that bars advance, Trouble in Mongolia.
There is a report from the Catholic fathers that their missionaries near San-tache, in Mongolia, are besieged by Boxers, but the hysterics of last year render such reports rather uncertain.
Arrivals, The party consisting of Major Pereira, Duncan, and Dr. Smith arrived in non the 26th August, and were well received. A residence had been prepared for them, and the usual calls were paid and returned.
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