CHINESE AFFAIRS
„ LONDON, February 3. the Empress-Dowager and the Em- £, ero i; S a ye an audience to the 'ladies of tne foreign Legations at Pekin. Responding to the hope of Mrs Con- ?™ of the American Minister), _ China would join the sisterhood of nations in the grand march of civilisatw’ al Bowager sobbingly admitted to -Li a^ °n the Legations was a rrible mistake, and was bitterly repented.
to l s^ e< i that she was determined to andoa the policy of isolation and aii?l ie ] Jes t features of the west. „j the ladies of the Legations receivin„? e presents, the Dowager givdennti- rs longer, as doyenne of the Wcation, her own bracelets and rings. £, avo keen issued appointing inn \?' !U ,^ lrs t Grand Secretary, directabroaif 110 i no^es and princes to tudy r roc °inmending discouragethn Practice of footbinding, on tom° * s a karabarous cus-
edict has been issued a PSecretary anS ' Wen s^a <;o be Second
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New Zealand Mail, 5 February 1902, Page 33
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159CHINESE AFFAIRS New Zealand Mail, 5 February 1902, Page 33
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