We appear to have gained a diplomatic success in China.
At all events, the Chinese GoVernment, if they are not going to do what we ask, are anxious to temporise, and to seem to do it. China has agreed to send a special embassy to England, and to punish the parties guilty of the Yunnan outrage. Yunnan is to give an indemnity to the family of Mr. Margery for his murder ; a trade-route between Yunnan and Burmah is to be opened, and the levy of Pekin taxes is to be regulated. The Chinese Ambassadors appointed are Kuo-Sung-Tao, formerly officiating governor of the province of Canton, and Hou-Chien-Shen, son of the President of the Board of Works, and "expectant provincial treasurer." If Mr. Wade is satisfied with these appointments, we suppose they must be men of adequate standing for the Embassy, but the doubt is whether relegating the whole discussion to London does not look more like promise than performance. All that is certain is, that for the time China is compelled to give way. And of course, as a consequence of this, Colonel Duncan reports that the King of Burmah "received him courteously."
