For weeks everybody was waiting to hear of the arrival of Li Ping-hong. As he did not arrive by steamer it was supposed he had not come, but for reasons best known to himself the great man arrived quietly and unrecognized in a plain hired chair, having come by native boat Hanch'uan, However, he hus since vi and been visited by the Viceroy and Governor, and has sent a report of the discipline of the troops in the various camps: to his Imperial mistress. His natural acumen: and fitness for the post of Lord High Commissioner can be seen in the fact that he was able to make this report without having visited the camps or reviewed the troops.
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