All present probability of a war with China would seem
to be over. The Chinese Government, as a final effort at conciliation, issued an edict ordering that foreigners should be respected, and Finding Mr. Wade still inflexible, surrendered. On the 7th of October he was enabled to forward a message which reached Shairghai about the 12th, and was telegraphed to the Foreign Office, .announcing that he had obtained the guarantees he considered necessary, and Mr. Grosvenor would proceed to Yunnan, doubtless to see for himself that the murderers of Mr. Margary were suffi- ciently puniahed. No details are yet known, but there can be no doubt that the Chinese Government has yielded, that our ex- ploring parties will henceforth not be murdered, and that the Xing of Burmah will be our very faithful servant. Mr. Wade appears to have acted throughout the affair with ,great discretion and firmness, and Lord Derby is entitled to the praise of having given him at once support and liberty. We may assume—though the fact is not yet apparent— that the eventuality of a refusal from Pekin had been provided for, and the needful instructions issued in Singapore, India, and Malta.
