The happenings at Nanking the "Da'ly Telegraph" to ponder, over "this terrible romin'or ut. the centrist, between the realities of the Chineee situation "ant the diplomatic fictions upon the weaving fof which go much caro has becut bestowed." The facts available says the paper. finally dispose off the iden that. the so-called governs Great Britain in twving to come to] monte which the Cantonese army, ery Woaral linen, "Unfortanatoly," authority with which peaceable andi genre ity tat anti Lord Desborough said, "it was found civilized relations are possible. impossib.e to proceed; it was very Whether the Contoneso Government! dificult to et eleven different willed the happenings at' Nanking nations to agree on ore course of or not, the only conclusion, in the policy: and there the matter remains. paper's opinion, to be drawn from, 'The British Governm: nt than took this monstrous episode is that the' more active steps on their own be-psychology of Chinese warfare is half and addressed specific proposals that of the Taiping and" Boxer on January 27 to Pekirg and to risings: it may as well be recognized Hankow with the object of mal that in playing at diplomacy:
arrangement of the various ucstion< outstanding. That declar-ion of policy and these offers were productive of some result, for at] Hankow an agreement was reached. Its terms are to whom this wi fan agreement of a similar kind at Shanghai, and we only hope it may] have a result. At present the whol: lof China is in such a state of disintegration that I suppose the hands of Mr, Chen are vity fully occupied. The Government still hope that some arrangement on the liberal lines they proposed then may be come te.
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