360
Consul at Kiangsong
complaining of a rough Chinese
caricature which has been
in the streets
of
this
city; and which I annex.
The
drawing
groups of soldiers in
which are
marked with a cross (x)
than the Home Secretary in England could seize the London Punch for a
similar caricature. At
the
same time,
it
may
be observed that this caricature
has
some
significance,
and
is described in
Chinese
characters as "Japanese soldiers.
2. I transmit a copy of my reply to the Japanese
Consul. Of course, I cannot
interfere
in a
trifling matter of this kind
shewing the popular Chinese jealousy and suspicion of
the Japanese, who have
advanced
rapidly
so much more
than them
in the ways of European
progress.
3.
Your
Lordship is
already
aware