Great Britain assign the objects of British Government in its ocenpation of Pieoma to be (1) The extension of the Britich sphere of inflaence with 8 view to obtaining an ascendency in bet; and (2) The strengthening of position in foreign relations by the jsomption of a strong attitude. second object obviously includes the ides of watching developments in othe parte of Chioa with Therefore, China should ith the Bri nificant extent, grave compl cations surely fellow. Other foreign 8 are,, waiting for do.el-may encourage many a demand for montbfals from of Daring this year, the Commercial Troaties with France, Great Britsio, The United States, Germany, and Austria-Hangary are proposed to be revised. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hax come to the decision, as the result of several conferences be-that the coming revision of the Rosso-Chinese Commercial Treaty when concluded, +hall be referred to as a model. Thos, it will be apparent that as undue weight is to, be attached to it, negotiations on the. revision of the ssid treaty between Rassia aad China mast be expected to be beset with difficulties; China will claim to apply International Law s a basis upon which to provide equitable terms in the Treaty for both sides, while Rasaia has already declared that she expects some additional privileges besider those provided fur in the old Treaty. China, however, only desires to preserve her own interest, and what belongs to her by right, On March 6, H.E. Na Tong bad broached this policy to the Rassian Minister daring an interview, adding that no country could regard pease as of more value than the Middle Kingdom, and that she was only aiming at the recovery of her rights which she had lost bat was entitled to enjoy as ao independent nation. One cannot help with "Young Chit ing to regain the great position that China once andoabtgood. of the threatening edly beld with consummate energy and
aspect of the political world, Chios is in s mesh, unable to extricate herself unscathed from it, The majority of educated people seem to be apprehensive of an imminent partition of the Empire by the foreign Powers. Indeed,
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