There have been of Late a great many rumours floating about as to who will eventually be the substantive Viceroy of the three provinces of Kiangsu, Kiangsi ant Anhui, or as itis called for short," Liangkiang Viceroyship, for it is well-known that, come what may, H.1S. Chang Chih-tung is only willing 10 temporarily fill the gap, and will decidedly refuse a substantive appointment at Nankiog: Henee|we have "E, Lu Hai-huan, President of the Board of Works, and at present Chinese Treaty Commissioner, suggested as the furore substantive successor of the 1 Viceroy Lin Ktun-yi; and again we have the mame of the notorious, deaf-eared old Conservative, Lu Ch'uan-Up, at present President of the Board of Kevenue, as the prob-ble future Viceroy of Liangkinng, simply because ''he was three years Governor of Kiangsu;" but being s Go-verver of this province and a Viceroy of it is quite a very different thing. It may, however perhaps be that the powers that in Peking are desirous of getting rid this troublesome old bigot, and it may be on the cards that they may get Lu Ci'uane lin out of the capital in this way. If 0, we may be certain from the state of the country in the Yangtze literal that Lu Ch'uan-lin will net stay in Nanking long, and that he will move heaven and earth to t removed. In ther words it will be the signal for his retirement, perhaps for ever, from public life. In pite of all such rumours and reports we are still inclined to believe that the real successor of the late Baron Liu K'un-yi at Nanking, within the following six or eight months, will be HE, Wei Kuang-tro, at present Viceroy of the Yunnan-Kueichou provinces.
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