The position occupied by these two gentlemen has been by mo means an enviable one, China was not engaged in actual warfare with the foreign Powers during" the recent uprising, and the presence of these instructors could not be construed by the natives as lending'encouragement to the many deeds of violence being perpetrated, both in high and low circles, in many parts of the land. On the other hand, their presence at the forts had, we feel sure, a quieting and restraining influence, when the anti-foreign feeling was most intense.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.