Oct, 20.
In view of Sir Ronald Mac Jeay's arrival in China it will be useful to go back to the speech made by Mr. Austen Chamber-in in London on September 18, before the Chi Assoc: tion. For in that speech the Foreign Secretary laid down in unmistakeable terms what British policy is as regards China; and no one certainly Would be readier than Sir Ronald ito say that that is the policy! he has come specially charged to carry out—if the Chinese will allow him to do so. We are sure, [that the extreme moderation with which Great Britain has behaved towards China during the past summer, notwithstanding much unprovoked insult and injury, is not lost on sober-minded Chinese. 'That moderation, as Mr. Cham-to a clear' iecibndi nineteen a
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