On the whole it is felt that the Foreign Office policy, however natural from the Imperial standpoint, may not be quite the best one for the British in China. It is for them to decide and if they agree that it is not, they ought to be ready to make recommendations to what they do want, and the I upon which they want any negoti tions to be conducted. Some: people have thought that Sir Ronald Macleay, our Minister, ought to be asked to return to his post but understand that the Foreign Offca thinks he is of more use here.
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