It is reported that Prince Tuan, Duke Tan, and Tung Fu-hsiang are in the neigh+ bourhood of Kucihuach'eng brewing mischief. I cannot vouch for the truth of this report, but the present time would scorn favourable for the Foreign Ministers, befor handing over the Tientsin native city and withdrawing their troops, mand information as to the exact whereabouts of these gentlemen. It Yung Lu, although conversant movements and schemes, keeps silent and does nothing. No one has benefited more by the late troubles than Yung Lu, and probably this is his way of showing his gratitude to them. He is waxing fatter and fatter each day. No official dare visit the city without paying toll to him. His gatekeeper and underlings too are notorious for the amount of the bribes they demand from the provincial official who wishes to pay his respects to their master.
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