The French, on the departure of the Ger-mao troops, will remem che predominant factor in this province, especially in the wi and south where many Catholic converts congregate and through which the Grand-G neral Baillond, one of the mast efficient and popular commanders of the Allies, has made an agreement with the Governor of Shansi as to the way to maintain order and to guarantee safety to the missions. The French Legation and the French army have wot been holding aloof from opportunities to help on all matters in which their country-n interested, or wherein French prestige may be enhanced, There may be excess in chums for converts, but in the main arrangement of future relations the French deserve great credit. It would have gone hard with all missions, if left to the indifference, almost callousness, of ish and American diplomacy.
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