the Raltor of the "Times."
Sir,—In a pamphlet entitled "A Plea for the Recognition of the Chinese Republic" a Chinese advocate, barrister-atlas of Lincoln's Inn, who recently returned to Chini after a brilliant career, opens his cage in the following words:—"The Chinese Republic is an accom! ed fact. After a revolution chai terized by a rapidity, peaceableness, moderation unique in the long history of the world, the oldest Monarchy on earth has become the youngest Republic."
And few of those who have seen the extraor taken p break of the Revolution and the in. auguration of the Republic, and who witness the efforts towards better government now being put forth in every direction, can dispute the cor. rectness of this assertion. in Yet England writers in pessimism, foreseeing foreign intervention, universal anarchy, China split up into warring kingdoms, chaos, bankruptey, and the ruin of foreign bondholders.
During the last few days the English papers teem with alarming re ports from China, forecasting the imminence of civil war between the south and the north, and the inevitable disruption of China. We are asked to believe that the fate of the country is trembling in the balance. Amid this wild and irresponsible sensationalism the—temperately worded telegram of your wel formed Correspondent in Hankau comes as a welcome relief. In what) is elsewhere described as the centre,
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