The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-28

capacity ne entered the han with US, and took HI
place behind N. vIangaly.
letters OF credence upon the table The emperor
meue slight bow oil acknowledgment. anu tnc
Of the throne, he Majesty APPEARED to speak to
nlm-i say appeared, because no sound reached
ny ears. We had been told, however. that the
emperor would speak In Manchu, and that the
frlnce would interpret. Accordingly, as soon ~
ms Hlghness rose he descended the steps and IN
tiers OF credence had been received. Then return
ing 20 ms place he again fell upon his knees and
Tone he again descended the stems. and Coming M
70 US informed US that his Majesty trusted that or
respective rulers were IN good health and ex
satisfactorily arranged between foreign mlnlsters
and the Tsungii iamen. This closed the audience
which may nave lasted little more than i've
We then all Withdrew in the usual fashion, d
de Geoiroy, Minister or Francs who mad a reply "a
deliver from MS government to the letter OF ex-
Chunghow Tnat with which M dc Geoiroy was
charged may he considered TO close all discussion
regarding the 1ienssin massacre.
Il mad Deen conceded, not without debate that
M. de GeorOy was, Tor this second audience, to %
allowed the use O. his own interpreter, M. Deveria.
AS we RETIRED therefore, that gentleman was
introduced. TIE second audience was over az
quickly as the first, and N. de GeOfrOy presently
overlook Us Ut the sh,hsing- Kung, whence, alter
BY the Ministers OF the Yamen, the Grand Secretary
joining the rest ut the gate.
-
by which no audience should be granted except to
quorum oi I'VE Ministers. The japanese Ambas-
sadOr was, nevertheless, granted his audience
alone, and the second audience accorded to do
Geolroy VIII always be referred to as precedens
for the admission Of any single Minister VINO Is
charged with written message from his govern
ment
Considering the antecedents or the discussion,
regard NJ. de Ge0iroy's separate audience as the
most Important result Of the whole, always with
single exception. That exception Is the CONCESSION
o. the audience at all to number foreigners de-
Ginning not only to perform the EOtOlD. but even To
bend the knee. We must rememOe the lOng-stand-
ing retcnslon OF the Emperor of China to this act
OF homage and the tradition Of isolated suprem-
acy on whicn that pretension mas been based. The
EN- re mas, Tor the hrst time IN its history broken
with the tradition; not 1t may be. with good
grace, but sui mas broken with 1t past recall, and
while would anxlOusly deprecate q too sanguluo
as little disposed to UNDERMINE the significance OF
the change that has been erected We not
Tree to forget the conditions under WHICH but q
century ago the representatives oil friendly States
were admitted into the presence OF the Sultan ut
Uonstantlnope, and the extract wnich enclose
will relninu as OF what but three years since Was
tle position OF u foreign Minister before the Ml-
kado OF Japan. In country IKE this therefore,
sister strOnghoids OF immutabilty, 80 largely,
usurp the pace OF substance, 1t IS not to be dis
puted that in It's present departure rom prece-
dent an important beginning has been made.
There may be-there l5-yery much IN orr late re-
ceptlOn that falls snort Of the standard OF our
require nents, as authorized Dy The uSages oil the
Western World but We appeared lace to lace With
the Emperor standing, because we represented
governments the equal OF his own, and in the re-
CognltlOn OF this equality CHINA has commences
her treat from the maintenance VI that claim to
be greater and better tran her neighbours Which
has proved more than any other cause or hln-
drance to her improvement ut nome, and, as q
consequence, a standing danger to the security OF
her relations abroad