News has been {received that Li Hung-chang has now decided to come north after all. "His intended departure is regarded by Cantonese merchants here generally xs micro of a calamity than otherwise, and they had been congratulating themselves of. porce being guaranteed in Canton by his staying there. They state further that at a recent interview given by the Viceroy to several leaders of the Southern secret societies they usured the Viceroy that so long as he remained in Canton they would guarantee to keep their followers quiet, but that they would be unable to do so the moment Li left and turned over his powers to the Governor, Té Shou, who is a Manchu and therefore regarded enemy by' the Cantonese, As far as the peace ut the Yangtze Valley is concerned, itis not at all desirable that Li should leave Canton
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