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Show 1UI1M0II. 11 II1I1A. A imy or two ago dlipluti from China elated that a mot aorloua atalo of aOMri exuded lu that country ovir theaglUllon agalntt foreigner. He tween the I hint government an 1 IhoMluUteraot I'urilgn Atlalr,, lilt aal I, the lieit of harmony dura not prevail. pre-vail. Thn Chln.no atilhorlllea have l ii told that unlrat they male ady rrpiratlouforthe Injurlnand abtiaea cunilalnedtf, a Joint naval demon ttrallon of French, American, Jlrltlah and (leruan Tuatela of war will bo ma le In the near future, Th alluatlou lu China It really moro portcnlotii than la geneially euppoaed. That vait empire la not aa politically aolld a It It al I to W.TIiero aro In China a uumbarof eocrito cletlea reeking the overthrow of th government. Thea aoclt Ilea It la com mouly believed are Inciting nutragu on forelguera, lu order lo embroil the government with foreign powrra. Th l.urocau diplomat underitand thla, and ar trying not to 1 lay Into the handa of the levolutloulala. Itaxvir that the L'blueao government govern-ment also rctllxt tha m11Ioii It I likely lo biUcudln, In co cf con lluued outrage on foreigner The flratoutbriak occurred early In Juno lait. On tho Cth of tint month an Imperial decno v.oa laauod, ordering eOictlve action on tho trt of govern ur of provlucia and commandera of Iroopa, to prevent a rewlltlon of the attack on forelguera. Tho decree elated to the people that Ihtro v.a nothing hurtful In Chrlttlanlly aud "that ace and'iulilthould relgu between the Chinee aud tho tnliiloiiarlea." It la true M. Itlbot, tho l'rrncli atateaman, told tho atcretary of the Chlneeu legation at l'arla that If "jou do not aucueed better than you have In aiipprrialng tilt rlota vo thall be ohllge.1 to help you." Hut It waa unt thlt which urge I the promul gallon of Ih ChliHMlmptrlaldtcrco, for the almplo roaaon that tho deem, waa lamed aeviral dayi before Itlbot uttered thorpjoted worda. Klooda and famine have produced Indtacrlhabte intaery lu China rtcent ly. Thla addt to th dltcontcutand help the political nformera. Tho unci of thttpreatut Kuipcror It laid to be at the heal of th couaplratora for the ovirlbrow of the xlttlug dynaity. He la aald lo be lb Culneto lllimark. About HeJtmlier lit taflxe.lon for n regular uprlilng at Nankin. Foreign .re r.aldcutln China at that time will havu crllkal jortod to bridge over. Hngland haa 10 ahlp In Chlncco water, Cranio aud Orrmany ha aeveral but the United Htatea have only one or two old hulka there. The aecret aocletlea are largely com luecdof dtibanded aoldlera who had been receiving 1-emlon,, Uit whota penalouav. ere atopitd aome tlmo ago. Ineomoof the Interior provlucea, tho commou woplare led to lielleva that thu pretence of furelgnrra cauiet flood and fdinlue, nnd that to apptiaao thu dwindle thebo foreigner mutt .o aacrlflced. Then th opium traOlo generally follow! tho mlaalonary and tho fortlgner, and Chlntaa whoaro oppoaed to thla, tako alJit with thu antl foreign factions. Hut itrangeet of all free-trad entira Into the Chlnute dUcontent, Jly triatliaflxlujlowratiaofdulhaonlui porta mauy of th moat Important In duatilt have Ucu deatroyed, and othrratallycilpiled. The maklngof arn from nallvo cotton by native illunora liaaalmoat camo to an vud. I'orelgu jam la brought In for audi cottona aa are illll made in China; butoten tho wiavlng haa dlinlnliheil undirthoprcMuruof fortlgn couiiwll tlou. Knglltli ooltoua havo drlvtn all olhirtoutoftho market. While thlt chivina the good for the gemral public, of enur1, thoiiatlvo Imluatrli tuirer and th mult li it itrtilu amount of dlicontout. The situation In China la inoru font-plicated font-plicated than one at first tight Imnglutt. All Iho Irwibha tieui resolving re-solving tliein.ehct Into llllcal aitlou, iHit thouih thu clouds now low i r the mult may be, n btlghti r day furthocehttliN. |