WITHDRAWAL FROM CHINA.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 126, 29 May 1901, Page 4

WITHDRAWAL FROM CHINA.

To-day.-; cable news indicates with

definiteness the end of the crisis in China, The withdrawal of the foreign troops, and an early return of the Court to Pckiii. We have no doubt that in pursuing; this course; a majority of the Powers desire lo strengthen the Chinese Government and avoid the disintegration which must follow an overthrow ol' the present dynasty. l.»ad

as tlie Emperor's rule may be, there is nothing to replace it, and recent events have shown that a harmonious foreign control over tb< J affairs of the Celestial Empire h unattainable. We Tear that the European legions have not figured to advantage in China. Some well-authenticated

reports of the. atrocities' perpetrated upon the defenceless inhabitants by some of (he invaders cannot be read without feelings of indignation and gimme. The deeds perpetrated by Russian troops especially excelled in brutal ferocity anything the Chinese have over been accused of: but the troops of other nations have not been wholly guiltless of the crimes of rapine and pillage. We believe that the final withdrawal of the Allies without any

serious conflict with each other will produce a feeling of relief throughout Europe. At one time it seemed all but certain thai the outbreak in China marked the starting point of a terrible international war. The danger is not yet quite over., but there are welcome signs that the clouds in the political sky are gradually clearing away.