The most feeble-minded tyro in China knows that what Dr. Wang! has elicited from the Powers—Dr. Wang representing nothing _whatever mentioning and his victims standing for the dignity of the Occident and 'a formal confession of this past spring and summer and a pledge of penitence, therefore an encouragement to Dr. Wang's clientele to go forth and make the situation ten' times worse the next time and a promise that however obstreperous and obnoxious the Chinese may! make themselves during the balance of the conference, _however they may, with student and pre-fossorial backing, obstruct the con. summation of bargains essential to stability of China's credit, th foreign delegates cannot make any show of opposition without being accused of bad faith.
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