Woe must yo through with it" was the remark of Lott Rosebery in reference to the Transvaal war, while deeply lamenting its recurrence. Happily it has 80 far been gone through with, as to ensure the hope That ere long it will be finally successful, The same words apply to the state of ings in the North, though the eircumare totally different, and the issue, +h we entertain no doubt, will be no less dissimilar, Syeculation has been rife as to what should take place at the end of the Transvaal war, but there cun be no uncertainty in reference to its main f tures. It is otherwise in the case of Chins, and it is too early to form phus and ideas with rowied to its future. In the meantime it is ours ty go forward for the suppression of the present reactionary movement, and the establishment of a'state of peace and order, Wa are compelld to do this, and happily we are able to all the more easily and speedily by the union and c"-operation of the various Great Powers, who are equally interested in the work and are musing their forces for the accomplishment of it. We leave the consideration of the means by which it be effected to these who are charged with it, and trust it will be carried out in the sume harmonious ivnuee in which it new seems to be.
Let me briefly state some of the chief reasons for our intervention in the present instance, and for our going through with it to the'end, Not that there is any necessity for a statement of the kind, as if there were any doubt about it, but simply that the occasion of it may be more deeply i pressed upon us. What is the real condition of things that calls for action on our part? What is the object of it? and for whom and for whit is the obligation laid upon us to go forward? First of all, there is practically no government in China, The power has been assumed by such as had no right to it, and not only is no control exercised over the constituted forces of the empire, but those have been actually incorporated with large
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