The China Press has been publishing leading articles, maps and innumerable short paragraphs of comments or warnings on the strained foreign releof China. To the " Sinwenpao" of February. 20, appears the following Former jests on our future existence To-day have all come true before outeyes.""
The above couplet is found to be from a poem by Yuen Wei-Chi in Inmentation of his wife's death. We never thought that Ohina of today ybould have experience of a similar natare. Daring the last year, did not those who demanded an carly Jisment say that the Evstern evinces have already entered the phere of inflaence of Japan or Russia, and did not they affirm that the North-West or the South-Wear was in imminent danger To-day, the etateemen ave personally seen bow the foreign Powers are treating Chios. Do they still thiok that it is the rumour-monger tries to disturb the peace and incite the poor ignorant people? Alas, more difficult questions are to come; China's existence or destruction in the prosect year is indeed to be dependent apon an instant.
February 23.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.