A most important telegram from China was received in London,
on the 26th inst. It bears date April 12th, and states that the- Chinese Government has formally and officially demanded that. female schools be abolished, that teaching against Chinese doctrine be prohibited, and that missionaries, if beyond the Treaty ports, shall be considered Chinese subjects. The "attend- ance of women at religious services will not be allowed," and in- case of the occurrence of another massacre, no compensation would be granted. If this telegram fairly reports the meaning of the Chinese despatch, one of two events has happened. Either the- anti-foreign party has triumphed at Pekin, and we are on the eve of another massacre, or the Government has been promised some support on which it relies, support which does not come either from a Catholic or Protestant power. Fighting Russia in China would be pleasant.
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