An unwise action on the part of one of the functionaries in Peking lsd to the recall of his nationals to the ports causing number of men, women and children to start off from an inland station in fesrfol storm, with the resalt that it almost ended in a tragedy for which no reasonable excuse could bs found.
It is things of that kind which should make all official action " matter for the gravest delibera any formal notice always with the proviso th camstanees be considered by those on the spot who are best able to form a reasonable jadgement.
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