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Tar N. Public Opinion" says The piece of plate subscribed for by 29,000 Russians to be given to General Cronje is surmounted by a picturesque group, representing a mounted Boor vedette with rifle on thigh, standing on the lookout, on the summit of a steep crag, made of a block of porphyry. The base of this Viock 18 hollowed out, and shows woman kneeling behind cover and firing a rifle, The stand is oval in form, measures twenty-eight by twenty-one inches, and is of solid silver, richly enamelled.
Tue following two notes are from Continental papers; the former is from the Paris Temps It would be well, when once the general principles of the concert of the Powers are adopted, to leave a little more freedom of action to the foreign Mivisters at Peking. They lose precious time in telegraphing their demands aod awaiting replies. The Admirals give them a good example. Not only do they agree together splendidly, bat Admiral Kempff informs his government that the question is being considered whether it will not be advisable to establish an international blockade at Taku and seize a strip of the coast, in order to create an inviolable refuge for' foreigners. It is becoming as clear as daylight that Europe committed a great mistake when, by an excessive respect for the principle of nonintervention, she allowed the palace revolution which brought about the rebellion to take place.
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