. Review of reviews and world's work. hinese. Dr. Morrison, the bestinformed of Peking correspondents (he repre-sents the London Times at the Chinese capital) ;Mr. Conger, formerly American minister atPeking, and a number of other eminently cred-ible authorities declare that serious anti-foreigndemonstrations are inevitable during the coming-summer, if not before. Primarily, it will be adomestic trouble, Dr. Morrison believes,—a re-volt of the people against Manchu rule. Thereis danger, however, that foreigners will be drawninto the vortex and massacred if they do notleave the country. The boy
. Review of reviews and world's work. hinese. Dr. Morrison, the bestinformed of Peking correspondents (he repre-sents the London Times at the Chinese capital) ;Mr. Conger, formerly American minister atPeking, and a number of other eminently cred-ible authorities declare that serious anti-foreigndemonstrations are inevitable during the coming-summer, if not before. Primarily, it will be adomestic trouble, Dr. Morrison believes,—a re-volt of the people against Manchu rule. Thereis danger, however, that foreigners will be drawninto the vortex and massacred if they do notleave the country. The boycott is probablybehind the anti-American feeling, which theimperial throne and a number of the more en-lightened viceroys are trying in vain to in this department we speak of thevisit of the imperial Chinese special commissionto the United States. This is only one of a num-ber of important Chinese official commissionssent abroad, at tlie instigation of the jtrogressiveDowager-Empress, to study AVcstern China for the Chinese. Yuan-8hi-Kai, Viceroy of the Prov-ince of Pe-chi-li, who is probablythe most influential man in Chinato-day, has succeeded in practically recreatinga number of Chinese provincial armies, whicliwill be the nucleus of a fine imperial military YUAN-SHI-KAI, VICEROY OF PE-CHI-LI. (The most powerful man in China.) organization. A Japanese naval attache, also, isnow in Peking consulting with the imperial au-thorities as to the reorganization of the Chinesenavy. The new treaty between China and Japan,called for by the Portsmouth treaty, opens tointernational trade sixteen cities in Manchuria,including the important towns of Liao-Yang,Harbin, and Kirin. In opening up these cities,as well as the port of Chi-Nan-Fu, in Shangtung,Viceroy Yuan-Shi-Kai has so drawn the regula-tions that a predominance of foreign influencehas been carefully guarded against. No foreigneris to be allowed to buy land, nor to lease for aperiod longer than thi
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