During the past week every one has been asking when the new Governor started from Hsiaochan Camp, and when he might be expected at the capital. A few days before Christmas a tremendous snow-storm with a high wind of long con tinuance drifting the snow greatly impeded travel, upsetting every calculation,—But his Excellency "has probably reached his destination by this time, and it is a matter of the greatest interest. to watch how long a time will elapse before his presence begins to be felt. "Three weeks' camping of his troops at Téchou on the edge of the pro vince has been for the most part entirely without effect, except upon a few local Boxer camps in that county. This is because there is a deeply rooted conviction that these troops have no relation to the suppression of the uprising, but will be as useless us those belonging to the province have for the most part proved—not always, indeed, through their own fault, Mean: time the reign of terror in many counties has continued in a somewhat milder way than before, but in a degree sufficient to cause acute misery toa great number of people, mainly Roman Catholics and Protestants, though a few outsiders have begun to be implicated also. In all these cases the local officials have consistently reported that within their borders all is
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