ASSOCIATION, August 14.
Aurnoven conditions in China are apt to take upon themselves a kaleidoscopic character that renders comment upon them often k out-of-date within a few weeks, ay welcome the appearance monthly organ of The Association, even when it takes its readers buck to incidents that have ceased occupy the forefront of the inter-wi stage. Mr. John Foord, the Bulter, lax made for 0 long a of Chinese affairs, that, even knowledge yamed on the his political acumen enables him'to arrive at sober judgements which offer a striking contrast th the hasty expressions of ill digested opinion forming—the bulk of the newspaper comments in America on events in the Far East. The July number: of the Journal is devoted mainly to. a compilation of documents bearing on trade conditions in China and in the PMilippines and to other extracts which have appeared in full or in part in our own columns. They serve at once the purpose of refreshing the memory on points that are often lost sight of too rapidly and are useful for future reference to the editor Notes, issue, that the general reader of the Journal turns, In view of the fact that the relations between America and China have been brought into considerable prominence of lute, it 1s not surprising to find that this subject has occupied most of Mr. Foord's attention, and two features: in particular are worthy of notice.
The remission by the United States Government of more than half of the amount it had chimed from the total Boxer indemnity has been the ject of considerable comment in the American Press, Driginal fro
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