THE' withdrawal of the foreign girison from' Shanghai: is being carried out very quietly,' and' has caused very' little excitement' here. The Japanese went first; the British have now left entirely, and the 2/Germans' ave leaving by degrees, while the French are also departing on the 26th of this month. It was Admiral Sir Edward Seymour, 3 actuated by the friendship he formed hero for the'lite Viceroy Lia Kun-yi, home to the advisability of the with-ho first directed' public opinion' at
dratval:~ There is*no doubt that during the lust-year or so of his life, Baron 'Lin' had a feeling-that' his successful efforts to keep order in the Yangtze-Valley in 1900, at the peril of his own life,-had hardly met- with the'recognition they deserved from Foreign 'Powers; and he: considered that it showed unmerited distrust of hig good will and-his power to ensure the safety-'of foreigners within' his '52 jurisdiction, that a foreign garrison should be maintained in Shanghai, long: after the nec-sity fur its pré- 'Isence had passed away: Suggestions iers' made, we know, that as our! Government had a black list of the 1357 officials.who.'svere, our -eaemies..in 1900, it should also have a white list likely to encourage them to do their of our friends, and show its gratitude best in this direction. to them for their friendliness; but we are told that the view taken by our authorities was, that in showing this friendliness they only did their duty. "Use every man after his desert," says Hamlet, "and who should scape whipping Remarks made at the China Association dinner showed incidentally the feeling at homo on this subject. Mr, Antrobus in his speech said: "I mention particularly the Shanghai Volunteers, because I am thankful to hear that the international Occupation of Shanghai is coming to an end, and therefore we shall find ourselves, from a military point of view, again left to the tender mercies, and I believe the good care, of the men-of-war that may happen to be in the harbour, and the Shanghai Volunteers." © Sir Edward Seymour, to whose carefal sury-y of the situation in 1900 we owe it that the troops were then brought here, and who would not lightly urge their withdrawal, expressed his opinion again at the dianer. "As Mr. Antrobus, I hope the time of the withdrawal of foreign troops from Shanghai is very near. "I believe there is no valid reason for them to remain." We know that the German Treasury is glad to be relieved of the expense of maintaining a garrison here. Protes's have indeed been trade here against the withdrawal of the troops on' the ground that' things are"by no. means settled in China. That there are the elements of trouble in the north-west, and that it is unsafe to put too much confidence in Yung Lu, who as we have pointed out more than once is the real raler of China, is certain; but there are no signs of impending danger in this part of China, and we "may feel quite secure whi'e H.E. Chang Chih-tung remains at Nanking; and there is little raison to doubt that we shall be equally' secure when his successor, HE. Wei Kunngtao, arrives, Under any circumstances, if another cloud should arise here, there are troops close at hand at Hongkong and Tsingtao, and without pressing necessity, it is not wise to maintain the irritation which the presence of @ foreign garrison must cause-to the Chinese officials. To tell them "We have no cot nce in your ability to protect us" is not
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