Dec. 23.
Last Wednesday Dr. J. G. Schurman, the American Minister, delivered an address before, the Union Club upon the attitude of the American people towards China and her present problems, in which this community was} keenly interested because Dr. Schurman has just returned from Washington and was expected to speak with authority upon the views held by his Government and people upon conditions in China which are causing all foreign communities no little anxiety. The American Minister's audience hoped to hear from him a message which would give the big] foreign commercial communities some ground for hope and fresh, courage at a time when there seems to be less hope than usual of a betterment of conditions upon Chinese official initiative. All the! opinions harvested immediately after the address were so barren' of cheer and so expressive of a
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