private letter from Kuling gives us the in"ormation that after the looting of the city of Kiukiang there was considerable tension in the mountain resort less than twenty miles away, where so many people, the majority women and children, were staying for the sumner. It was rumoured that the "braves" had threatened that they would climb the hill and repeat the Kiukiang performance there. It seems that a number of the wealthier merchants in the city foresaw the approaching storm and, acting on the maxim that'he who thas no future forethought is certain to have present sorrow," built for themselves residences, if not in the concession, or what passes for concession, in Kuling, at least near enough to be under the shadow of the foreigners' wings. Taking time by the forelock they removed their surplus silver to these houses on the hill so that when the sack of Kiukiang took place the looters failed to lay hold on this treasure. This was disappointing and the men, on learning the why and wherefor of their meagre gains, loudly declared that they would be revenged on the mean traders who had anticipated their action and got their money to a place of safety in time Evidently the soldiers thought better of their project to carry fire and sword to Kuling as they had done in Kiukiang. guard had been organized and the missionaries who were acting for the time as special constables, though men of peace, might fail to distinguish Teereen soldiers collecting their overdue pay in the form of loot and a mere rabble of brigands who are poachers on the legitimate preserves of the arians of China's sovereign rights. It takes a discriminating eye to distinguish between a brave on the rampage and a robber pursuing his nefarious calling. It was too much to expect those rude foreigners to perceive the distinction that exists where no difference is visible to the naked eye and so the expedition seems to have been wisely and happily abandoned, to the great comfort of all concerned.
Ty Tae Oro Buppua Were Here.
But this incident may be regarded as a landmark showing how far and how rapidly government China is deteriorating. We look back and think of all the. hard names we called the Empress Dowager in the days before she went to "the yellow springs." It did not seem possible that there could be worse rule than that
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