Affairs in China.
London, February 3.
The Dowager-Empress and the Emperor of China gave audience to the Legation ladies. Responding to Mrs_ Conger’s hope that China would join the sisterhood of nations in the grand march of civilisation, the Dowager sobbed and admitted that the attack on the Legations was a terrible mistake. China had: bitterly repented, and had determined to abandon isolation and adopt the best features of the West. All the ladies received valuable presents, the Dowager giving Mrs Conger, the doyenne of the Legatian ladies, her own bracelets and rings. Edicts have been issued appointing Yungiu, first grand secretary and directing the Manchu nobles and princes to study abroad, and recommending the discouragement of foot-binding on the ground that it is a barbarous custom.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 162, 6 February 1902, Page 4
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127Affairs in China. Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 162, 6 February 1902, Page 4
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