This is a much better attitude and quite different from that of the one paper published in Huchowr. The editor permila it to serve the orson of the radical clement of the ety, and from time. to. time prints iateibes against Christiane ity and foreigners. He absolutely refuses tis reported, to allow am thing favourable to. Christianity to appear in his paper, oF to permit ay member of the chute to inter The articles referred to are contributed by obviously ilinformed Persons, and. are. 80. full of infecuracies and milv-statements as be laughable, though when one Te-fleets that "the lower orders "st Chinese society are peculiarly liable to be influenced by this Kind. of trident that sucha sero! ought evident that sich a periodical ought to be brought under some ort of me control Among other malicious misrepresentation, auch statements. asthe following, which recently appeared in a long article, are common' of Jove, liberty, and equality, but "We hear the preachers speak
'When We observe their deeds, we find them entirely diferent from what they preach, They cheat te people, they carry on law suite, They even' despite their own government, and, in fact, T can fay that chee fs'no evil deed that April 19 says:—The river conditions continue to be abnormally low for this time- of the year. 'The Hankow watermark is 6" 2" against 25 feet on the same dale of Jast year. 'The Ichang watermark is reported to' be at 1" 5" falling and at Changcha 4' 3" also falling.
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