UNEASINESS AT PEKIN.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2754, 8 March 1890, Page 6 (Supplement)

UNEASINESS AT PEKIN.

b / ' ' -i *—- — i In anrarticle under this heading; a recenfc oft The North Chjna.. Herald, published at Shanghai, says:—"We learn from Pekiu that there is a feeling thSre of great uneasiness as to the stability of things in China. The young Emperor and Empress are believed to bo unlncky, as Wero^unß^ :^'lfiin£p'b| >t disaster Bin.ee their accession. There is no ■Jlojja|tjjr in China, in|6iir^fense s-,of the word;*'aud there are" great tears inai troubles will arise from the general distress' tnevitable'inthiscomingwintiir, and that; if ;there were, any 1 man . of eminence who saw ,'anjr advantage > to be gained from raising a rebellion it would go hard with the present dynasty. The misfortunes that have happened since the present Emperor's accession have revived the discontent that was felt-_at the irregularity of his succession, which found its expression at the time,'as'will be remembered, in' the suicide Of one of the Censors. We would earnestly impress upon the naval authorities that no treaty port in the empire ought to left .without a man of-war' this winter 1 ' There is no special antipathy to foreigners, but their safety may ■ easily be involved in some tumult that may arise from causes entirely unconnected with their presence.