According to the MeKinley-Is this question would doubtless be left for the Chinese Government to decide, which sune would he an act of injustice to millions of the Chinese people. While, in all schemes involving taxation, absolute" justice is impossible to attain, yet that does not excuse known injustice. In the present case, why stoull the people gro under' new burdens, and their dislike of the foreigner be thereby intensified, while the estates of such men as Kang Yi, Princes Chuwn and Tuan, Li Ping-hong, Yi Hsien, etc., escape To confiscate the estates of these leaders and apply the proceeds to the indemnity would not only be just, but would also tend to keep men of siuiilar proclivities in the path of rectitude,
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