Peking, Feb. 23.
The closing of the port of Canton interpreted here as an initial tung situation to a head and is, therefore, welcomed by the foreign community and the conservative Chinese.
The first impression was that the losing of the port implied a blockade by gunboats, and, con sequently, many fears were pressed of a Chinese reaction, but the Legations point out that the measure is technically the Chinese government's own check on Can-
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