30th May things go smoothly for a little while in the government of China, we are naturally inclined to a imiid optimism, and fo think that after all China has got the government it understands and is acenstomed to, and that it will yet emerge successfully from the difficulties in which it is plunged. tion of the hopelessness of the ion, now more than a month sine public meetings were held Ssu-by rden to protest Governor" Wang) Chih-chun' ported intention to borrow French money and Prench troops with which to suppress the rebellion in Kuangsi, As we stated at the time, we had no reason to think that the French had interfered ur had any intention of ving in Kuangsi, and if they ug troops towards the with the purpose of protecting Tongking from raids by parties of so-called rebels, The
had strontions appeals from their moters of the meetings, however, compatriots on the spot, who decked that they knew that Wang Chih-chun w intriguing with the French, Under y circumstances we hailed the meeting: an indication of the growth of 'a healthy" publi opinion among the Chinese he which could not but be of great tee to all the members of the nnent at Peking, whi ly more for the honour and integrity of their country than for their own What has happened, how-that Governor Wang has felt himself' insulted by the action taken at and after these meetings, and has ly ty Peking Kuang-t the who in' turn moored the Taotai here to find were the promoters of and speakers at the meetings, and if possible to arrest them "that they inay be severely punished. It shoul be pointe? out that TE, Wang Chihchitn and Wei Kung-tay and our taotai Yuan are all Liman men, who apparently stick together; but this outcome of the movement here i anything but reassuring to those who were inclined to be hope tial, and we especially sorry to see the new i yy joining in this reaction: Our municipal anthoriti be trusted te that the threa ned victims of this new Hunan outburst are not molested within the Settlement units Still more d pointing than this last general election was fought on is the report just made to the Throne the question of the war in South by H. E. Chi Chih-tung concern- Africa, but not withstanding the enoring the charge: brought recently by majority it then secured, and several censors agains eng Kung- its unexpected and enormous conces-pro and others, in connection h [sion to the Irish Nationalists, Mr. the illegitimate export o rice from Balfour's Cabinet has only been able Shanghai. Eh Chih-tung' re- to keep the confidence of the country putation for al inter is of for less than three years, the very highest, and when the} The y being over at last, and the matter was pus in hi for] 'Transvaal Republics having been investig ble to} absorbed in the British Empire at truth be}a cost much exceeding two hundred his report million pounds sterling, a "cry" was mlided the invest with which' the Cabinet ut Ts Keng-pei|eould go te the country, and Mr, ang h-fu, who Chamberlain has provided it; it is a honesty are vouched Union of the British Empire Chang, wh h involves a complete reversal of responsibility their cal policy under which Great report, which—entirely whitewashes Britain and Treland became the Sheng. When we are told, on 4 commercial and financial uth y of such am: power in the world, 'Lo justify Chang Chih-tar hat nei this reversal, whose proposal "woulil Kung-pao nor any stillborn had Mr, tunily has ever Gladstone Lord Beacunsfivld tha I the trouble is due been three things re-men employed el: that the' com-ina cotton mill, what are position of What hope is there for China britain imperilled and when such are such a man Isa remedy; that the remedy proposed will be successful: and that subordinate: there is no alternative to this remedy, There is no evidence for any one what a man in such of thes The commercial and not he. Nobody financial position of Great Britain is coupling his hint at sound as it ever was, That the corruption: but he might well, United States, with a vigorous popution of $0,000,000, and country with its large as to give his name to such tion, s ould be coming much near ing report. the Thr us than they were fifty years ago, is ne do, if this is the re inevitable, and no retrogression in confiding momentous investi- our fi policy will prevent. it, Mr, gation to the n 8 t upright official i Chamberlain's aim is the consolidacould select ¢ Such an incident this emphasises the hopelessness. of of our colonies tion of our ati "The only one i shown a de-Chin and cannot but iptucity is C; but it best friends despair question that requires a great of consideration whether it is worth the while of the mother country
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