Perhaps the most dramatic, as well as the most unexpected development of the state of anarchy and war, which now prevails in North China, is the appeal of His Imperial Majesty Kuang Hsii t the Emperor vf this realm, Who, even three short months ago, would have predicted that. the unfortunate monarch, whose inability to stem the tide of conservatism and intolerance has led to the dissemination of such ile, and such contradictory reports regarding him—we have had his Majesty parti & poisoned, the victim of suicide, a helpless prisoner in his own palace—would in the sixth moun of the present year suddenly spring, as il were, once more to the helm and display his eagerness to; rescue his land by dispatching a telephic entreaty to the Kimperor of Japan jor help against foreign powers—the powers of the West? 'The gist of the letter is probably before North-China readers' by this time. Iam nowable to give a more detailed version of the dispatches. The Emperor of China's message was delivered to the Foreign Office in Tokio by H.B. Li Sheng-toh, Minister to Tokio, on the 11th instant. It is as follows error of Eh Majesty the Emperor of Japan, Greeting "Our country being on terms of intimate friendship and mutual reliance with Your Majesty's country, it was a great shock to Us that the Chancellor of Your Majesty's Legation was about a mouth ago attacked and done to death. Profoundly touched by this sad event,
arrest and punishment of the perpetrators We caused steps to be taken for the of the crime, but the Powers, suspecting that in the' prevailing conflict between Our Christian and non-Christian subjects Our Government was supporting the non-Christians against the Christians, attacked and occupied the forts of Taku. "Thus hostilities were commenced and the situation has become more and more com plicated.
"From the general trend of events in the world, We are persuaded that the East and the West confront each other. Your Majesty's country and Ours are the only Powers that maintain their ground in the East. It is not China alone which is made the object of the ambitious longings of the Powers that assert their strength in the West. Should China fail to hold her own, fear that Your Majesty's country would also find the situation untenable. "The in-sot the two countries are there-linked together, and We venture to that Your Majesty may find it possible to set aside for the present questions of minor importance and make common cause sith Us in the enance of Our general interests. China is at the present ut so completely occupied in con-military operations for the suppression of the insurgents, that it is impossible for her to take proper measures to avert the dangers from without and to bring the complication to a successful termination. We are therefore constrained to rely on the support of that country which, like Our owe dominions, forms der these circumstances We make is communication to Your Majesty in the spirit. of absolute frankness and truthfulness, and beg that Your Majesty: will take such action as may be deemed adequate in Your judgment to restore order and peace under Your powerful guidance. We also most earnestly beg Your Majesty to favour Us with a reply.
"The 7th day of the sixth month of the 26th year of Kuwg Hei (July 3rd, 1900)."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.