Both in China and Mexico events during the week have
followed a quieter course than might have been expected. In China on Wednesday the Woosung Forts, held by the rebels, who had actually felt confident enough previously to sally forth and attack the Government troops, were suddenly and mysteriously abandoned. It seems that the rebellion is practically at an end, though there is still some cause for anxiety, partly owing to the fact that the whereabouts of large forces of rebels is unknown and partly owing to the lethargy at Peking. Sun Yat-sen and the chief rebel general have fled to Japan, whence Sun Yat-sen has addressed a forcible- feeble communication to Yuan Shih-kai, calling upon him to resign the Presidency. When the Romans had been defeated they sometimes heartened themselves up by making more severe proposals than ever to their enemy, but the Romans always had a new army in the making to support their words, whereas Sun Yat-sen attempts to intimidate Yuan Shih-kai with metaphysical harangues. In Mexico the arrival of Governor Lind, the special envoy of the United States war not the signal for an outburst of anti-American feeling. Governor Lind has gone to Mexico City, and it is hoped that after a general .marking of time the materials of an under- standing between General Huerta and the United States may emerge.
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