At last the rendition of Tientsin to the Chinese authorities appears to be certain, the terme of the generals living been accepted by Governor Yuan and his advisors. Probably there are but few who will not aay that this is it should be; that it is What ought to, have been done long The terms will impress people dif: fervently, and in considering the situation and judging the action two points need to be borne in mind. 1. The temitory is Chinese; the Chinese can govern their own people best; the Protocol Inid an obligation on the foreign Powers which it was their duty to ful as son as possible; and even without the Protocol their manifest duty was to restore the territory to its rightful owners at the earliest practicable moment, especially if, as was continually asserted, there was o desire of conquest. 2. But recent events were of such a terrible nature; they revealed such a fixed determination to drive out everything in any way related to Western civilis: tion or native reform and progress, and to this end to exterminate every foreigner, and so far as possible every one who bad any relation to oF sympathy with foreigners, or foreign methods and ideas; and further, after the Protocol was signed and matters were moving along towards the consummation planned, there were other developments and Inanifestatidns of the same spirit sind determination, such as to make it imperative in the minds of most that ample security for the future must be secured before such an important. step as entrusting foreign interests and lives to the "tender mercies" of the Chinese could be taken. The situation it. was not easy fo reach unity of sentiment was avery trying and perplexing, ong) and in the matter.
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