Governor Yuan Shih-kai and such of} the magistrates as have taken their cue from him, as Mr. Tseng has done, and fortunately they are many, are not popular in the province. According to report they have one and all become Christians or foreigners, the terms ate synonymous in Chiness. "Their let has fallen in hard times; they faced thur difficulties manfully and dealt with them wisely. Just how wise and how strong they have shown themselves to be, foreigners are not in a position to appreciate, We mus: give them credit for what we can under ud 'At least thay have risked all that m life worth living in any count power, prospects and the favour in high places on which these depend, and hare risked them on the right side,' No doubt they also heard in whit m-riner finis was written to the career of Hsii Chteng and his colleague. Let us not withhold from them what meed of respect and gratitude our ignorance and our prejudice leave us capable of showing them,
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